--- Svetoslav Chingov <svch@mail.bg> wrote: >the initrd image was prepared by make itself and added in the grub.conf >for the custom kernel :( >I don't know. Probably it's a make xconf misuse > >On νδ, 2002-11-17 at 09:09, Ravi wrote: >> >> > >> > I did the compilation on RedHat 8.0 using the distro provided kernel >> > sources in /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14 under root account with the >> > following comands: >> > >> > make xconfig >> > make dep >> > make clean >> > make bzImage >> > make modules >> > make modules_install >> > make install >> >> You also need to build the initial ramdisk image, unless you built all >> required >> drivers into the kernel. Check 'man mkinitrd' for details. >> >> -Ravi. >> Hi. I don't think the initrd file be strictly necessary for a good work of the system. In my /grub directory i don't have this file and at boot time, the kernel "see" very well all my devices. Is true too that i have all configuration options "built in" the kernel, like Ravi comment. Regards. Jose. Debian GNU/Linux 'Sid' Kernel 2.4.19 Ext3. ESware Linux 365 Kernel 2.5.46 ReiserFS. Registered Linux User #213309. Memories..... You are talking about memories. Rick Deckard. Blade Runner. _____________________________________________________________ Get your own free tiggerfan.com email address!! DisneySites!! - http://www.disneysites.com/webmail/tiggerfan _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get you@yourchoice.com w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
