Juan Quintela wrote: >>>>>>"mathias" == Mathias L Bjorkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>>> > > mathias> it doesn't seem that kernel-2.4.18-2mdk has a initrd > mathias> prebuild so therefor doesn't link initrd to initrd-2.4.18-2mdk.img > mathias> properly. > > mathias> Another thing that came up is it complains when > mathias> mounting /proc, it says its allready mounted so > mathias> that program fails. > > What is your configuration? > > Here it creates a initrd for sure. > > what is your root fs > and in what is it imounted (i.e. ide, or if SCSI, what card). > > Later, Juan
I've reported this bug three or so times, and received no reply. For me, the root fs is XFS on an ATA100 harddisk. 1.) For mkbootdisk, I would hope if 1.38M is not big enough to fit the XFS module the installer would attempt to format for a larger size (apparently this can be done). At least this way, if you fail to create the initrd when I install Mandrake Linux, the bootdisk may save me. 2.) It seems there is an error creating the initrd. For one thing it would be nice if it took a --root=/mnt option. I cannot tell what the cause is, but I see either: a.) unresolved symbols in modules loaded from initrd b.) no xfs module included in the initrd, so no ability to mount root fs anyway 3.) I have tried installing an older kernel which is known to work. Same thing happens -- creating initrd fails. Persumably, it looks in /sbin or /lib for modules, when my rescue disk puts my filesystems under /mnt. But again, I try creating this file manually, and I get the same errors as above. Like I said, this has happened before. I forgot how I fixed it last time, but I remember it took me a couple of days. Sorry, I don't have much info, maybe you can tell me where to look? I have tried creating the initrd manually since the RPM fails when it tries to do it. -- Sincerely, David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
