mkinitrd problem
 

I am installing kernel 2.6.15 onto my laptop with ubuntu. Now ive already installed all of the modules needed but I need to create an initial kernel but im computer doesnt reconize the command mkinitrd. So this question may sound very newbish (im sorry) but is there a way to re-install it?
Ive tried looking for it as a package but maybe im not looking for the right thing.

It may be called initrd-tools or similar.
You can try searching for mkinitrd at packages.debian.org which is down at the moment...

You might also not have it in your path. Try doing

Of course Debian has to be down right now, always my luck, haha.

Yeah, it is called initrd-tools.
I had a similar problem not long ago.
Are you installing the kernel the "Debian way" or just normally ?
There is a link here on how they do it,
which worked well for me, but there is a line that says,

"fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image".

You just have to insert "--initrd", so the line says,

"fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image"

http://www.au.debian.org/releases/st...l.en#id2527476

then it should work, if that is what your after ?

What I prefer to do is to make sure that all of the modules needed to boot the computer are compiled directly into the kernel. This way, I don't need any initial-RAMdisk to boot the machine. I prefer it that way.

I dealt with this the other day. I did which is Yet Anonther InitRD installer. There was a dependency issue, but changing from apt-get to apt-get -f took care of it.

Peace,
JimBass