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From: Craig Webster <craig@...>
Subject: Re: initrd
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:29:19 +0100
On 29 Oct 2005, at 14:21, DR GM SEDDON wrote:
> Dmitri Pogosyan wrote:
>> Not really, you can use initramfs in place of initrd. I have in  
>> grub.conf title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.13-r3 UDEV root (hd0,0) kernel / 
>> kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk=16384 init=/linuxrc  
>> real_root=/dev/sda2 vga=3847 udev initrd /initramfs-2.6.13-gentoo-r3
>>
>>> Dear list, I have just started using Gentoo and up-to-now am  
>>> impressed.  I have  generated a kernel using 'genkernel' and the  
>>> kernel is in /boot.   However, I do not have 'initrd' but  
>>> 'initramfs'.  is this a problem or  should I modify grub  
>>> appropriately? Gavin. --  gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list
>>>
>>
>>
> I noticed your files are in / not /boot where mine  are.  Should I  
> mv them?

They're in / only on the boot partition ie they are in the root of  
(hd0,0).

If you are specifying your files as living in /boot on the boot  
partition then this could stop your system booting fully.

Perhaps you could post your grub.conf?

Yours,
Craig
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