Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Kernel on Yeeloong and initrd

[Karl Goetz]

On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:40:02 +0200
aurelien <address@hidden> wrote:

> On dim, 2009-08-02 at 09:30 +0900, Ziro wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > When I tried to apt-get upgrade the kernel from version
> > 2.6.27.7-libre-10.00.Custom to 2.6.27.7-libre-10.00.Custom on
> > Yeeloong, the installation script said that version of the kernel
> > does not work without initrd and I need to install a bootloader.
> > 
> > Currently I run the old version of the kernel on Yeeloong without
> > initrd although the package provides an initrd, because booting from
> > PMON via the variable `al' does not seem to support initrd loading
> > (I cannot use boot.cfg because I made the first partition of the
> > internal hard disk a swap partition by mistake.)
> > 
> > Does the new kernel really fail to work without initrd?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> 
> Hello Ziro,
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd
> 
> Better than what i can say.
> I saw it as a link between your kernel and boot.
> 
> That's why i'm not totaly agree with http://aligunduz.org/gNewSense/
> in his approach of the install help. Because if you've got scsci hard
> drive under xfs format you must use Lilo, and his "good
> recipe" (because instead what i will say after this line, is a very
> good and easy recipe) will not work for the line : 
> 

If you've decided to run XFS on a scsi drive, you can decide to put in
the extra effort when installing a kernel.
Guides like the above are for people who (eg) install gNewSense
using its defaults then want to have a newer kernel.

As for lilo, its likely to disappear soon anyway.
kk

> I hope i don't make to much mistake (or enormus one)
> 
> aurelien

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