On Friday 25 March 2005 14:32, A wrote: > Can someone please tell me if I can boot the Linux > 2.6.9 kernel without an initrd file? yes (depending on how you configured it) > If I do need an initrd, how do I build one, without > using "make install". mkinitrd comes to mind. Details may vary from distro to distro. the 'man' command is your friend. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/