Re: Stock vs. Debian kernel sources

From: Michael Rozhavsky (mike_at_minantech.com)
Date: 10/31/05

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To: John O'Hagan <johnohagan@iprimus.com.au>

    Hi John,

    You need to do is remove the initrd line from the boot loaded
    configuration file.

    If you are using lilo, the line looks like initrd=/initrd.img

    John O'Hagan wrote:
    > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:53 am, you wrote:
    >
    >>John O'Hagan wrote:
    >>
    >>>Hi all,
    >>>
    >>>I'm looking for a brief summary of the differences between Debian kernel
    >>>sources (such as those provided by the linux-source-2.6* packages), and
    >>>the stock source from kernel.org.
    >
    > [...]
    >
    >>>What do I need to be aware of if I use stock sources?
    >
    > [...]
    >
    >
    >>Here are two pointers for kernel building newbies:
    >>
    >>1. Be sure that the code for your IDE chipset (if you're using IDE) is
    >>built in to the kernel, rather than being built as a module.
    >>2. Be sure that the code for your / (root) filesystem (ext3, reiserfs,
    >>etc.) is built into the kernel, rather than being built as a module.
    >>
    >>Doing these things will allow you to skip using an initial ram disk
    >>(initrd).
    >>These are the two most common issues that foiled my first kernel
    >>building attempts. :)
    >
    >
    > Thanks Mitch for your tips; I have built a few kernels before, and have them
    > set up as you suggest; however, they still seem to use an initrd by default.
    > How does one prevent this? (I have read man kernel-pkg.conf, but didn't quite
    > follow it!)
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > John
    >
    > 

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