[lug] 2.6.18 kernel and initrd

[Dhruva B. Reddy]

That seemed to do the trick.  Funny thing is, I didn't have mkinitramfs
installed before you suggested it, yet I successfully installed
2.6.17.8.  Anyway, thanks for helping me sort this out.

Dhruva

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 at 14:41 -0600, David L. Anselmi soliloquized thusly:
> Dhruva B. Reddy wrote:
> >I'm running Debian testing, and have been trying to build a 2.6.18
> >kernel (the standard distribution from kernel.org).  I create the initrd
> >image using 
> >
> >    mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18 2.6.18
> 
> I think you want mkinitramfs for 2.6.  If you have a 2.6 kernel already 
> installed the update-initramfs command should take care of it.
> 
> Dave