Re: [LIP] Could not boot from 2.4.8 kernel

["Vanitha" <vaniarun7@yahoo.com>]

Hi

Check for the correct processor family you have selected during the
menuconfig selection

What is initrd used for at boot time?
initrd provides the capability to load a RAM disk by the boot loader

Regards
Vanitha

----- Original Message -----
From: "SATHISH.J" <sathish.j@tatainfotech.com>
To: "kernelnewbies" <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org>
Cc: "linux india programming"
<linux-india-programmers@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 4:21 AM
Subject: [LIP] Could not boot from 2.4.8 kernel


> Hi,
> I downloaded 2.4.8 kernel from "www.kernel.org" and did the regular kernel
> make to get the bzImage. Then I tried to boot from the same  by altering
> the lilo.conf. The booting stops with the message "uncompressing linux
> kernel". I did not add initrd path for this new kernel in lilo.conf. Is
> it because of that? What is initrd used for at boot time?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Warm regards,
> Sathish.J
> Systems Engineer
> Tata Infotech Limited
> 80 Feet Road
> Indra Nagar
> Bangalore-560 038.
>
>
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