mkinitrd /boot/initrd.2.6.0.img 2.6.0
if ur using lilo as boot loader edit /etc/lilo.con and add initrd=/boot/initrd.2.6.0.img for ur new kernel
The way I understand this is
mkinitrd /boot/initrd.2.6.0.img 2.6.0
create a initrd image based on the /lib/modules directory, which I did manually last night but got the same error, which prompted me to dig deeper with "make install" as a solution
When I run make install, the image gets created based in the /lib/modules directory
You can see the image gets created, files and listing below
A quick read here seems to offer a solution http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-November/msg03120.html but somehow Im missing something
Thanks!
########################################## Here is my /etc/grub.conf
default=0 timeout=60 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.28) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.28 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.28.img
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.4.21-4.EL) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.EL ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img #########################################################################
here are the pertinent /boot/files -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1263 Dec 7 11:18 bootlist.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48022 Oct 3 2003 config-2.4.21-4.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 166680 Nov 11 22:30 initrd-2.4.21-4.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90019 Dec 7 10:40 initrd-2.4.28.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 7 10:44 System.map -> System.map-2.4.21-4.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 570887 Oct 3 2003 System.map-2.4.21-4.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 534275 Dec 7 10:40 System.map-2.4.28
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2900380 Oct 3 2003 vmlinux-2.4.21-4.EL
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 7 10:40 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.4.28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1236945 Oct 3 2003 vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1046898 Dec 7 10:40 vmlinuz-2.4.28
bala chandar wrote:
I think you need not install lilo or grub. boot the system with the previsous kernel and then configure the grub and specify the root path correctly in that.
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:14:32 +0000 (GMT), Anish Mathew
<nedumannilanish@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hi bob u need to create a ram disk image for ur new kernel. if ur kernel version is 2.6.0 create the image using mkinitrd /boot/initrd.2.6.0.img 2.6.0
if ur using lilo as boot loader edit /etc/lilo.con and add initrd=/boot/initrd.2.6.0.img for ur new kernel save and exit run lilo -v to reinstall lilo.
anish.
Bob Metelsky <bobmetelsky@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Im having a difficult time implementing a new kernel
I do bzip2 -dc linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2 | tar xvf - make menuconfig make bzImage make modules make modules_install make install
Researching my error I found this http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-November/msg03120.html
" 2. Navigate through the menus: "Device Drivers -> Block Devices" 3. Enable "RAM disk support", and "Initial RAM disk (initrd) support" 4. Enable any other kernel stuff you want/need. 5. Run "make", then (as root) "make modules_install", and "make install"
The "make install" will create your initrd and add the appropriate stanza in your /boot/grub/grub.conf. make install " I do not run the original "make" but rather make bzImage
This does exactly that the new kernel and image are copied to /boot grub is "automagically" edited but... I still end up with the "kernel panic no init found - Try passing init= to kernel"
Any Ideas what i may be doing wrong?
Thanks Bob
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