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Hi,
I haven't yet completely figured that out. But I think somehow I accientallly deleted an empty directory named 'initrd'. But dont know the exact location where to make that dir again. If I find I will let u know. The directory was offcourse empty. If you find let me know. I think making that dir will solve the prob.
-Tanveer
Do you have a file called
/etc/inittab
if so
you should have a line in that file that reads something like
id : 5 :initdefault :
or
id : 3 : initdefault :
I think you need to create an initial RAMdisk, which your kernel will be looking for when it boots. The following link should provide you with all the information you need -
I think you need to create an initial RAMdisk, which your kernel will be looking for when it boots. The following link should provide you with all the information you need -
OK, so initrd is in order.. Have you remembered to point to the RAMdisk in your GRUB / LILO config files?
If you've done all that, then I'm a bit puzzled.
Only other thing I can suggest, if you continue to struggle with the RAMdisk business is to reconfigure and recompile your kernel so that vital drivers (eg, filesystem, etc) are compiled in to the kernel, not built as modules.
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