Re: [gentoo-amd64] initrd

["Dmitri Pogosyan" <pogosyan@phys.ualberta.ca>]

> 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.
> 
Exactly, here is my

#ls -l /boot
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1050830 Mar 30  2005 System.map-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1050580 May 12 22:42 System.map-2.6.11-gentoo-r7
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1214233 Oct 11 00:54 System.map-2.6.13-gentoo-r3
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1019913 Mar  5  2005 System.map-2.6.9-gentoo-r14
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1219082 Oct 11 17:54 System.map-2.6.13-gentoo-r3
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       1 Jan 11  2005 boot -> .
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    1024 Oct 11 17:27 grub
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  884138 Oct 11 17:57 initramfs-2.6.13-gentoo-r3
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1044636 Mar 30  2005 initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1035787 May 12 22:45 initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r7
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1055316 Mar  5  2005 initrd-2.6.9-gentoo-r14
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1748333 Mar 30  2005 kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1745664 May 12 22:42 kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r7
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1795423 Oct 11 17:54 kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r3
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1663290 Mar  5  2005 kernel-2.6.9-gentoo-r14
drwx------  2 root root   12288 Jan 11  2005 lost+found





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