custom kernel "unable to open initial console" [SOLVED]
Patrick Boutilier
boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca
Sun Nov 14 13:17:00 UTC 2004
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> Ah Ha!
> No, I hadn't included ramdisk support! I'm now writing this using my
> new kernel! THANK YOU! I'm sure I'm not the only person on the list
> who's really glad you're here Alexander!
>
>
> For others who might be in the same boat as I was:
> 1. Run "make menuconfig"
> 2. Navigate through the menus: "Device Drivers -> Block Devices"
> 3. Enable "RAM disk support", and "Initial RAM disk (initrd) support"
> 4. Enable any other kernel stuff you want/need.
> 5. Run "make", then (as root) "make modules_install", and "make install"
>
> The "make install" will create your initrd and add the appropriate
> stanza in your /boot/grub/grub.conf.
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev/ explains how to boot using udev
without using an initrd.
>
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