Compiling kernel with 'make rpm'

[Timothy Murphy]

On Friday 12 December 2003 18:46, d. Taylor Singletary wrote:

> I've compiled a new version of the kernel using 'make rpm', however I am
> nervous about rebooting, as the rpm -i did not create an initrd file.

I'm not sure what you mean by a "new version of the kernel",
but you don' t actually need initrd in most cases,
as long as you compile ext3 into the kernel
(and scsi if you have scsi discs).


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