On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, shane c branch wrote: > I just compiled the 2.4.21 kernel for my rh9 server, but i can't get it to > boot. There's an error in my grub.conf file, but i don't know how to resolve. > > The file reads: > > default=0 > timeout=10 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.21smp) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21 ro root=LABEL=/1 > initrd /initrd-2.4.21.img > > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8smp) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8smp ro root=LABEL=/1 > initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8smp.img > > I modeled the entry for 2.4.21 after the one from the original kernel. However, > at boot time, I get an error, the system can't find the /intitrd-2.4.21.img > file. I suppose that makes sense, as I never placed that file anywhere, but > then I wasn't aware that I needed it. Where do I find/generate this file, and > where is grub expecting it to be? # mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21.img 2.4.21 this requires you to have done a "make modules_install" from the kernel source directory first. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Eno River Technologies Unix, Linux and Open Source training Waterloo, Ontario www.enoriver.com
