[Wlug] initrd.img file

Karl Hiramoto karl at hiramoto.org
Tue Nov 20 02:47:15 EST 2007


vze284qe at verizon.net wrote:
> 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?
>
> TIA,
>   

If you built all of your necessary drivers to boot the machine into the
kernel (not as modules)  you don't need a initial ramdisk.  Just set
your grub to point to the kernel image.

--karl



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