Re: kernel rebuild and grub.conf

["shane c branch" <scbranch barton edu>]

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On 6/30/2003 at 11:50 AM Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, shane c branch wrote:
>
>> I just compiled the 2.4.21 kernel for my rh9 server, but i can't get it
>to
>> boot. There's an error in my grub.conf file, but i don't know how to
>resolve.
>> 
>> The file reads:
>> 
>> default=0
>> timeout=10
>> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>> 
>> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.21smp)
>>         root (hd0,0)
>>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21 ro root=LABEL=/1
>>         initrd /initrd-2.4.21.img
>> 
>> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8smp)
>>         root (hd0,0)
>>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8smp ro root=LABEL=/1
>>         initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8smp.img
>> 
>> I modeled the entry for 2.4.21 after the one from the original kernel.
>However,
>> at boot time, I get an error, the system can't find the
>/intitrd-2.4.21.img
>> file. I suppose that makes sense, as I never placed that file anywhere,
>but
>> then I wasn't aware that I needed it. Where do I find/generate this
>file, and
>> where is grub expecting it to be?
>
># mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21.img 2.4.21
>
>this requires you to have done a "make modules_install" from the kernel
>source directory first.
>
>rday
>
>
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Thanks. That seems easy enough. Yes, I did use the modules_install argument on
my 'make' line when I did the build.

Does the mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.21.img 2.4.21 command needs to be issued
from inside the kernel source directory as well?



regards,

shane