Re: [Hampshire] Kernel compilation

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Author: Graeme Hilton
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To: lug, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Kernel compilation
2009/9/17 Vic <lug@???>:
>
>> I've put a fairly poor shot of the remainder of the boot screen on
>> flickr [1].
>
> It's not all that clear, is it? :-)


Camera phone... needs must ;-)

>> Maybe there's a further hint in there.  I notice the "Trying to
>> resume" line and it can't find that partition either.
>
> Of greater worry to me is the line something[1] like : "moving /dev
> failed: No such file or directory".
>
> Have you checked your initrd to make sure it's got everything it needs?


mkinitrd is a bit of a mystery to me. I assume that the "make
install" part of a kernel build will run the correct commands to
create the right initrd. How can I go about checking what's in there?

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Graeme Hilton