On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 04:47:41 -0500, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 09:40:54AM +0100, David Baron wrote: > > I, too, have a knoppix install which has an image of 2.4.22-xfs. I > > installed this on ext2 partition originally, want to go over to > > ext3, need an initrd to do so since the that image does not have > > ext3 compiled in. I made an initird (cramfs) according to > > instructions in the Debian Reference but it does not work. > > > > A suggestion was that since my Linux partition is not the first on > > on the disk, the initrd fails. Since the message I get is FAT bogus > > sector size 0, his is quite plausible. A non-initrd boot has not > > problems with this at all. > > > > A suggestion was that I should make a .gz image rather than the > > cramfs. Tried that but the loader would not eat it. Gz is not > > compiled in either :-(. Debian apparently does support cramfs, > > contrary to statements otherwise. The gz attempt did not panic but > > was logged as an unsupported compressed type and the boot proceeded > > without it. Still no ext3 journal running. > > > > (Why would an image have xfs and no ext3? My guess is that it might > > just be in the name but have not xfs partition to try out on it.) > > Initrd.gz vs initrd.img? These are also just names. I can make a gz > > and call it img and visa-versa. The lilo should call for your file > > name. > Hi David, > Mr. Knoppix made changes to allow for xfs among other things. I recall > installing knoppix and then removing the 'initrd=' entry and it > worked. This may not be true for the current one. ..AFAIR, Klaus Knopper calls his initrd.img " miniimage.gz " or somesuch, check /, /KNOPPIX and /KNOPPIX/boot, I'm on a temporary clusterKnoppix install. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]