On 08/08/2006 09:36 AM, ~David~ wrote:
>
> Mumia W. wrote: 
>
> Compiled in directly - I try to use modules as little as possible.
> 
> Thanks for the tip, the standard deb kernel seems to have a lot of modules
 in it.
> 
> Checked that a million times... It's correct.
> 
> I used the command mkinitrd -o /boot/image_name.img which made an image fi
le,
> though how can I tell if it is linked to the correct kernel sources, 2.6.1
7.7,
> instead of the default 2.6.8?
>

I don't know for sure. I avoid using an initrd; however, the
man-page of mkinitrd says that by default, mkinitrd constructs
an image that uses the modules for your current kernel version.

For you, what this means is that /boot/image_name.img contains
modules for linux 2.6.8 rather than for 2.6.17; this would
certainly explain the boot failure.

I suspect you need to do this:

mkinitrd -o /boot/image_name.img 2.6.17.7

> Thanks for the tips, I'll try compiling more options in that the default k
ernel
> uses directly,
> David

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