commence David Chase quotation: > Ok, there's obviously something really dumb that I'm missing and > I'll probably feel like an ass when someone points it out. Oh well, > here goes. I executed the following: > > $ mkinitrd -v -f initrd-2.4.7-10smp.img 2.4.7-10smp > > It executes without a hitch and reports that ext3 has been loaded. > Then I run lilo and it too executes without a hitch. Here is my > lilo.conf: > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10smp > label=Linux > read-only > root=/dev/hda1 > append="hdd=ide-scsi" I don't use initrd, but isn't there an option you have to add to the lilo stanza to tell it where the initrd is? -- ///////////////// | | The spark of a pin <sneakums@zork.net> | (require 'gnu) | dropping, falling feather-like. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | | There is too much noise.