[olug] Can't boot to 2.6 Kernel

[Jay Swackhamer]

It looks like the version of mkinitrd needs to specify the
module dir instead of just the kernel version

your modules are located under /lib/modules/KERNEL_VERSION

so you could try

mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.2.6.3.gz /lib/modules/2.6.3

>
> --- Jay Swackhamer <Jay at RebootTheUser.com> wrote:
>> mkinitrd  /boot/initrd.2.6.3  2.6.3
>>
>> then change your lilo.conf to use the initrd.2.6.3
>> for
>> the 2.6.3
>>
>> you will have to select the 2.6.3 kernel at boot,
>> unless
>> you make it the default
>>
>
>
> As root, I've tried this under /boot and under
> /usr/sbin and I keep getting this output
>
> root at xanadu:/boot# mkinitrd /boot/initrd.2.6.3 2.6.3
>
> $Id: mkinitrd,v 1.137 2003/10/04 01:36:50 herbert Exp
> $
>
> Usage: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd [OPTION]... <-o outfile>
> [moduledir]
>
> Options:
>   -d confdir  Specify an alternative configuration
> directory.
>   -k          Keep temporary directory used to make
> the image.
>   -m command  Set the command to make an initrd image.
>   -o outfile  Write to outfile.
>   -r root     Override ROOT setting in mkinitrd.conf.
>
> See mkinitrd(8) for further details.
>
>
> BTW, under /boot I do have initrd
>
> root at xanadu:/boot# ls -l | grep initr
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       147612 Feb  8
> 16:20 initrd.gz
>
>
> Does this come into play?
>
>
> thanks
>
>
>
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