On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 22:39, Richard Weil wrote: > I've compiled a custom kernel using kpkg, but I'm > unsure how to make an initrd like the official > kernels. I configured a 2.4.16 kernel with support for > cramfs and initrd. I tried using mkinitrd by invoking: > > mkinitrd /lib/modules/2.4.16 > > and it output lots of junk to the xterm I was in. So, > before actually making a mistake that might be > difficult to undo, is the correct syntax for mkinitrd: > > mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd-2.4.16 /lib/modules/2.4.16 >
Yep that's fine > Do I need to use any thing other than mkinitrd? Add a line initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.16 in your lilo.conf and run lilo Michel.