successfull kernel build:where to go?

successfull kernel build:where to go?

[Tyler Littlefield]

Hello list,
I've got a successfull kernel build with modules and the image.
I was told before to use mkinitrd, which does not seem to be supported. I'm 
not totally sure how to go about setting up my initrd, which is the last 
step.
I read that yaird could scan for the modules specific to my system, which is 
something I'd like to do. Any pointers would be great. I've checked around, 
and found info about mkinitrd, but yaird doesn't even seem to be a package 
anymore... apt-cache search yaird doesn't find it, anyway.

Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
email: tyler@tysdomain.com
web: tysdomain-com
Visit for quality software and web design.
skype: st8amnd2005

Re: successfull kernel build:where to go?

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Tyler,

Look for mkinitramfs.


On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:47:30AM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> Hello list,
> I've got a successfull kernel build with modules and the image.
> I was told before to use mkinitrd, which does not seem to be supported. 
> I'm not totally sure how to go about setting up my initrd, which is the 
> last step.
> I read that yaird could scan for the modules specific to my system, which 
> is something I'd like to do. Any pointers would be great. I've checked 
> around, and found info about mkinitrd, but yaird doesn't even seem to be 
> a package anymore... apt-cache search yaird doesn't find it, anyway.
>
> Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield
> email: tyler@tysdomain.com
> web: tysdomain-com
> Visit for quality software and web design.
> skype: st8amnd2005
>
> _______________________________________________
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Re: successfull kernel build:where to go?

[Kerry Hoath]

I saw an article on this in Debian weekly news about a year ago discussing 
initrd creaters.
Yard is deprecated as in it is not used in Debian anymore by default.
initramfs which is a new feature of 2.6.15+ I seem to recall (it could have 
come in earlier) is the default these days.
apt-cache search initramfs I think the package is initramfs-tools but I run 
ubuntu these days and aren't logged into a box to check.
Regards, Kerry.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:47 AM
Subject: successfull kernel build:where to go?


> Hello list,
> I've got a successfull kernel build with modules and the image.
> I was told before to use mkinitrd, which does not seem to be supported. 
> I'm not totally sure how to go about setting up my initrd, which is the 
> last step.
> I read that yaird could scan for the modules specific to my system, which 
> is something I'd like to do. Any pointers would be great. I've checked 
> around, and found info about mkinitrd, but yaird doesn't even seem to be a 
> package anymore... apt-cache search yaird doesn't find it, anyway.
>
> Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield
> email: tyler@tysdomain.com
> web: tysdomain-com
> Visit for quality software and web design.
> skype: st8amnd2005
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: successfull kernel build:where to go?

[Tyler Littlefield]

that is it. thanks.

Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
email: tyler@tysdomain.com
web: tysdomain-com
Visit for quality software and web design.
skype: st8amnd2005

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: successfull kernel build:where to go?


>I saw an article on this in Debian weekly news about a year ago discussing 
>initrd creaters.
> Yard is deprecated as in it is not used in Debian anymore by default.
> initramfs which is a new feature of 2.6.15+ I seem to recall (it could 
> have come in earlier) is the default these days.
> apt-cache search initramfs I think the package is initramfs-tools but I 
> run ubuntu these days and aren't logged into a box to check.
> Regards, Kerry.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:47 AM
> Subject: successfull kernel build:where to go?
>
>
>> Hello list,
>> I've got a successfull kernel build with modules and the image.
>> I was told before to use mkinitrd, which does not seem to be supported. 
>> I'm not totally sure how to go about setting up my initrd, which is the 
>> last step.
>> I read that yaird could scan for the modules specific to my system, which 
>> is something I'd like to do. Any pointers would be great. I've checked 
>> around, and found info about mkinitrd, but yaird doesn't even seem to be 
>> a package anymore... apt-cache search yaird doesn't find it, anyway.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tyler Littlefield
>> email: tyler@tysdomain.com
>> web: tysdomain-com
>> Visit for quality software and web design.
>> skype: st8amnd2005
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>>
>
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Re: successfull kernel build:where to go?

[Tyler Littlefield]

hello,
I've got it compiled, and set up in the menu.lst.
Now when I boot, it works (grub shows it.) then it says it's searching for 
the root filesystem.
Any ideas?


Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
email: tyler@tysdomain.com
web: tysdomain-com
Visit for quality software and web design.
skype: st8amnd2005

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@ftml.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: successfull kernel build:where to go?


> Tyler,
>
> Look for mkinitramfs.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:47:30AM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
>> Hello list,
>> I've got a successfull kernel build with modules and the image.
>> I was told before to use mkinitrd, which does not seem to be supported.
>> I'm not totally sure how to go about setting up my initrd, which is the
>> last step.
>> I read that yaird could scan for the modules specific to my system, which
>> is something I'd like to do. Any pointers would be great. I've checked
>> around, and found info about mkinitrd, but yaird doesn't even seem to be
>> a package anymore... apt-cache search yaird doesn't find it, anyway.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tyler Littlefield
>> email: tyler@tysdomain.com
>> web: tysdomain-com
>> Visit for quality software and web design.
>> skype: st8amnd2005
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> -- 
> The Moon is Waning Gibbous (94% of Full)
>
>                My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net
>                                --------
> In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves:
> the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.
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