Re: [Sheflug] Debian

[Will Newton <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 06 Aug 2002 12:03 pm, Richard Ibbotson wrote:

> Just started to install some more software into my Debian GNU/Linux
> laptop and it's telling me that I *will* install a 2.4.16 kernel.  If
> I don't do that it won't let me install any other software.  Says...

Debian Woody supports 2.2 by default. 2.0 is also supported but it is the 
last Debian release to support it.

> "unpacking kernel-image-2.4.16-586
> You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version
> 2.4.16-586) This will not work unless you have configured your boot
> loader to use initrd.  As a reminder, in order to configure lilo, you
> need to add an 'initrd=/initrd' in your /etc/lilo.conf
> I repeat, you need to configure your boot loader.  If you have already
> done so and you wish to get rid of this message, please put
> 'do_initrd = Yes'
> in /etc/kernel-img.conf"
>
> Questions...
>
> Where do I put 'initrd=initrd' in lilo.conf ?  Or, is is something
> like 'initrd=dog' or cat ?  Or, duck ?  And, where do I put
> 'do_initrd = Yes'  in the kernel-img.conf file ?

Edit lilo.conf and add a line for each "image" stanza e.g.:

image=/vmlinuz
        initrd=/initrd.img
        label=Linux
        read-only
#       restricted
#       alias=1

image=/vmlinuz.old
        initrd=/initrd.img.old
        label=LinuxOLD
        read-only
        optional
#       restricted
#       alias=2

On my system those images are symlinks:

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           26 Mar  4 16:53 initrd.img -> 
boot/initrd.img-2.4.18-686
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           27 Jan 14  2002 initrd.img.old -> 
/boot/initrd.img-2.4.17-686

Hope that helps.
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