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Operating Systems Linux Debian change initramfs by hand? Post 302269515 by frankie06 on Wednesday 17th of December 2008 10:52:09 PM
Old 12-17-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by otheus
What we mean is that the CONTENTS of the grub configuration file MUST have a line like:
Code:
  kernel /vmlinuz-xxxx-xxx.xx root=/dev/sda3
  initrd=/someinitrd.img.gz

Yes it does. See below.

Quote:
Originally Posted by otheus
The REAL someinitrd.img.gz MUST exist IN the same partition as grub. Softlinks will work IF the real file is still in the same partition.
Yes, that's the case.

Here's the menu.lst (without comments):
Code:
default         0
timeout         5

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 Default
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz root=/dev/mapper/rootfs ro\n")
initrd          /initrd.img

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 Default (single-user mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz root=/dev/mapper/rootfs ro\n") single
initrd          /initrd.img

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/rootfs ro\n")
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 (single-user mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/mapper/rootfs ro\n") single
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686

 

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