Hello, > i have two versions of kernel one is compiled and the > other is not.also i have initrd for the uncompiled > version of the kernel.now how do i make an initrd for > the compiled version? i don't want to overwrite the > existing initrd(uncompiled version). You needn't to worry overwriting existing initrd, for two versions of kernels MUST use different version names. The linux2.4.21-4.EL ( which you got from RPM ) uses /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.EL and /boot/initrd-2.4.21-4.EL and /lib/modules/2.4.21-4.EL/ directory for kernel modules. The linux2.4.21-4.ELcustom ( which you will get by compilation ) uses /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.ELcustom and /boot/initrd-2.4.21-4.ELcustom and /lib/modules/2.4.21-4.ELcustom/ directory for kernel modules. If you ignore this rule, you will get error messages like > depmod:unresolved symbols..... > insmod failed > modprobe failed -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
