synaptic kernel

Eric "Shubes" plug at shubes.net
Sat Jan 20 21:00:53 MST 2007


Michael Havens wrote:
> Hmmmmmmmm....
> Well aint that a fine 'how do ya do'? The computer complained about a file 
> being missing. The file: initrd.img-2.4.27-2-k6
> The file isn't missing.... it is happily residing in /boot . Is that not where 
> it belongs? Let me know where it goes.
> 
> On Friday 19 January 2007 8:08 pm, Eric "Shubes" wrote:
>> Try adding
>> initrd /initrd.img-2.4.27-2-k6
>> on a separate line after the kernel line for the respective kernel in your
>> menu.lst file.
>>

That's where it belongs, right next to the kernel (in the same /boot/
directory). It's the initiator-ram-drive (I think that's what the name
means) image, which is used in the boot process. You need the initrd line in
menu.lst to reference it.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'


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