On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:30:47AM -0500, shane c branch wrote: > Steve Snyder wrote: > > >I usually build my own kernels, and run them on an otherwise all-RedHat > >system. The recent failure of a GLibC update to run on anything other > >than a recent RH kernel brings a question to mind: why would I want to > >run a Red Hat kernel? > > > >There's the convenience factor, of course, but stable kernel releases (I > >don't run the testing versions) are infrequent, so not much time is spent > >building them. > > > >What are the benefits of running RH's kernels as opposed to the > >plain-vanilla current stable kernel? > > > >Thanks. > > > > > i used to build my own kernels, but since moving to rh9 i have been > confounded by the initrd.img. i can't seem to get that portion of the > build to work, so my stock kernels don't boot. > > i haven't had much luck with building the initrd.img manually, either. > What command did you use to build initrd.img (which is not the right name) manually? inittd.img files names would normally show up with the kernel version in their names. - ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
