Re: [gentoo-amd64] initrd

[Karol Krizka <kkrizka@gmail.com>]

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On Saturday 29 October 2005 07:16, DR GM SEDDON wrote:
> my grub.conf:
> ' default 0
> timeout     5
> splashimage=(hd0.0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>
> title=linux-2.6.13
> root (hd0.0)
> kernel /genkernel--x86_64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0  init=/linuxrc
> ramdisk-8193 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev
> initrd /initrd'
>
I have the sameconfig and it works ok exept the name of /initrd I 
have /initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3. Maybe that is the problem?

> I see hoew by saying root (hd0,0) leaves things relative to /boot.  But
> there is no linuxrc in /boot.  I think this is the prob.
>
/linuxrc is in the initramfs thing so that's not the problem.

> The error code is 15.
> Thanks
>
> Craig Webster wrote:
> > On 29 Oct 2005, at 14:21, DR GM SEDDON wrote:
> >> Dmitri Pogosyan wrote:
> >>> Not really, you can use initramfs in place of initrd. I have in
> >>> grub.conf title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.13-r3 UDEV root (hd0,0) kernel /
> >>> kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk=16384 init=/linuxrc
> >>> real_root=/dev/sda2 vga=3847 udev initrd /initramfs-2.6.13-gentoo-r3
> >>>
> >>>> Dear list, I have just started using Gentoo and up-to-now am
> >>>> impressed.  I have  generated a kernel using 'genkernel' and the
> >>>> kernel is in /boot.   However, I do not have 'initrd' but
> >>>> 'initramfs'.  is this a problem or  should I modify grub
> >>>> appropriately? Gavin. --  gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
> >>
> >> I noticed your files are in / not /boot where mine  are.  Should I
> >> mv them?
> >
> > They're in / only on the boot partition ie they are in the root of
> > (hd0,0).
> >
> > If you are specifying your files as living in /boot on the boot
> > partition then this could stop your system booting fully.
> >
> > Perhaps you could post your grub.conf?
> >
> > Yours,
> > Craig
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Karol Krizka

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