Michael Robinson wrote:
> I'm trying to replace a 2.6.10 kernel on a Slackware 10.1 system
> with a 2.6.27.39 kernel. Well, I think I have a usable initrd.gz
> and kernel now, but I haven't been able to boot successfully.
> In the old days, you used to say root=/dev/sda6 for example
> if that is the partition on your scsi disk that holds root.
> I get a warning not to do that in the boot messages and it
> doesn't work. What is the new method of setting the root?
> Do I need to boot with the old 2.6.10 kernel and label the
> root partition with an ext3 file system label?
>
> I did the following mkinitrd incantantion:
>
> mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.27.39 -m jbd:ext3 -m scsi_transport_??:aic7xxxx
>
> .. maybe I'm forgetting something...
>
> Like I say though, I think I have the initrd and kernel image that I
> need to boot. I just don't know what the new method of specifying
> the root filesystem is.
>
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I replace kernels in Slackware 9.0 and 12.2 all the time and never need
an initrd. Keep it simple??
Wayne
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