kernel compile

[Pavel Hlobil]

I never have to make initrd. the make file creates it. what about the system.map file. do you know if you need it? 

TRY: you can just type

make -j3 && make install && make modules_install

just a suggestion.

Pavel

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:27:32 -0600
Peter Pieczora <ppieczora-Z6LL8UJvm6I at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've successfully compiled 2.6.4 kernel, however I got some problems with 
> making initrd, here is what i did:
> > mkinitrd -k vmlinuz-2.6.4 -i initrd-2.6.4 -b /boot
> What happens is boot process hangs up when loading initrd-2.6.4.
> without initrd option kernel loads just fine.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Peter
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