Sam Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am having trouble installing a kernel image which seems to depend on > initrd. The error message below is a verbatim message which follows the > halting of the installation. For some reason after I add > 'initrd=/initrd' I cannot run lilo. Do I need initrd?
You need an initrd line in your lilo.conf (or grub.conf) if you're using a kernel built with initrd support. This includes all of the prebuilt Debian kernel-image packages, yes. > If so, how can I satisfy the request from the kernel image > installation request? I wouldn't worry about it at that particular point, just make sure that you've updated your lilo.conf and rerun 'lilo' before rebooting. > If I don't need initrd, how do I identify a kernel image that > doesn't require initrd? "Build your own." (Which isn't necessarily a hard or bad thing to do, but it is effort and does take time. :-) The message: > You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 2.4.16-k6) > This will not work unless you have configured your boot loader to use > initrd. > As a reminder, in order to configure lilo, you need to > add an 'initrd=/initrd' in your /etc/lilo.conf That doesn't quite look right. I'd look in / to see what the file is actually named; /initrd.img sounds more right to me. > I repeat, You need to configure your boot loader. If you have already done > so, and you wish to get rid of this message, please put > `do_initrd = Yes' > in /etc/kernel-img.conf. > Do you want to stop now? [Y/n] (It's safe to answer "n" to this prompt, let the kernel installation continue, update your LILO configuration, run 'lilo' by hand, and then reboot.) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
