Re: Installing Linux Kernel 2.6.5

[Marc Huffnagle <enigma971@comcast.net>]

If you aren't using an initial ramdisk, then you don't need that.  I've 
never really found a reason on any of my systems to use initrd.  If it's 
not selected in the kernel, then you don't need it.  In my experience, 
as long as you didn't choose initrd in the kernel config, then bzImage 
is all that you need.  In what situations is the init ramdisk helpful or 
required?

     Marc

Hayim Shaul wrote:
> > As for compiling and installing the kernel, you want to do a "make 
> > menuconfig" (or xconfig or gconfig, your choice), then run "make", then 
> > "make modules_install".  After that's all done, copy <your source 
> > dir>/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot and name it whatever you want.  Add 
> > that kernel to your boot loader, and you should be set.  Make sure that 
>
>
> You also need to create a new image with mkinitrd
>
> Hayim


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