I compiled most everything I'll need into the kernel. cdburner, visor, usb printer/scanner stuff, etc. but for next time, thanks for the info Bret, Mike and Werner.
-Brandon p.s. this doesn't have to be a list question, but what do you guys recommend for a cd-burning software? Now that I have scsi support in there I'll actually be able to do it under linux... (that was the reason i recompiled.) On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 22:34, Mike Burger wrote: > That'll kinda depend. > > If you compiled the kernel with the device drivers as modules, and not > directly into the kernel, and any of those drivers/modules are needed for > the initial startup, it could cause problems. > > If you compiled all those drivers directly into the kernel, instead of as > modules, then you don't need the initrd-<whatever>.img. > > For example, if you were booting from a SCSI drive, and had compiled the > driver for the SCSI card as a module, you'd need to create the > initrd-<whatever>.img file (using mkinitrd), and include it in your > lilo.conf, in order to properly boot from that SCSI card/drive combo. > > On 19 Jan 2002, Brandon Robert Dorman wrote: > > > Before I got this e-mail i just removed the initrd line and rebooted. > > now i get: > > > > [Brandon@localhost Brandon]$ uname -a > > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.17 #1 Sat Jan 19 19:28:25 PST 2002 i686 > > unknown > > > > :-) So it works. Is there any danger in doing that? seems to work > > fine for me right now though.. > > > > -Brandon > > On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 21:00, Werner Puschitz wrote: > > > > > > On 19 Jan 2002, Brandon Robert Dorman wrote: > > > > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > > > Was recompiling my kernel today to 2.4.17 from 2.4-7-10. Upon changing > > > > my lilo.conf, ran /sbin/lilo and got this: > > > > Added linux > > > > fatal: open /boot/initrd-2.4.17: no such file or directory. Sure > > > > enough, a ls of /boot shows: > > > > > > > > ls /boot > > > > > > > > boot.b kernel.h module-info-2.4.7-10 vmlinuz > > > > chain.b kernel.h-2.4.7 os2_d.b > > > > vmlinuz-2.4.17 > > > > grub message System.map > > > > vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 > > > > initrd-2.4.7-10.img module-info System.map-2.4.7-10 > > > > > > > > No initrd. Where can i copy it from? This is my first time compiling a > > > > kernel after about 2.5 years working off and on with linux, i followed > > > > the howtos but am stumped here. Thanks. > > > > > > mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.17.img 2.4.17 > > > > > > Make sure it says /boot/initrd-2.4.17.img and not /boot/initrd-2.4.17 in > > > /etc/lilo.conf > > > > > > Werner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
