Not sure, I've just used make mrproper make oldconfig and make-kpkg. I didn't bother with an initrd and didn't bother including a line for one in my menu.lst file. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:43 AM Subject: advice needed on kernel compiling > Thanks to Greg for the date info on the 2.6.18 patches. > > I would like to make a smooth upgrade from Shane's 2.6.17-speakup > package to the new 2.6.18 kernel, and could use some advice doing this. > My problem is that Shane's configuration uses an initrd, which I have > never done manually myself before. Here's my key question: > > If I patch the 2.6.18 source tree with speakup (already done), do a make > mrproper (already done), copy over the existing 2.6.17-speakup > configuration into the new source directory and run make oldconfig > (already done), and then run make (running while I am typing this), > > then what else must I do before doing a make modules_install and make > install, in order to deal with the initrd issue? I am using the grub > boot loader, so an update-grub when done ought to work fine, provided > there is an initrd file for the new kernel as there is for the old one. > > Advice sorely needed, > > Chuck > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (29% of Full) > Only 10 kinds of people: those who do binary, and those who do not. > But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
