[Wlug] initrd.img file

Jeff Moyer jmoyer at redhat.com
Tue Nov 20 09:17:47 EST 2007


vze284qe at verizon.net writes:

> Hello,
>
> I built a custom "gutsy gibbon" kernel, but I can't find the
> corresponding initrd.img file. There's a link in / that looks like this:
> initrd.img-> boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-generic.
>
> Shouldn't there be a new initrd.img file that was created when I built
> the new kernel or am I missing something?

I'm not sure what process you used to build your kernel, but it's not
uncommon to have to build the initrd yourself.

mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.X-mumble.img 2.6.X-mumble

Cheers,

Jeff


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