Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Kernel on Yeeloong and initrd

[Sam Geeraerts]

Ziro schreef:
> Hello,
>
> When I tried to apt-get upgrade the kernel from version
> 2.6.27.7-libre-10.00.Custom to 2.6.27.7-libre-10.00.Custom on Yeeloong,
> the installation script said that version of the kernel does not work
> without initrd and I need to install a bootloader.
>
> Currently I run the old version of the kernel on Yeeloong without
> initrd although the package provides an initrd, because booting from
> PMON via the variable `al' does not seem to support initrd loading (I
> cannot use boot.cfg because I made the first partition of the internal
> hard disk a swap partition by mistake.)
>
> Does the new kernel really fail to work without initrd?
>
> Thanks,

As you said, the old version also uses initrd. If the old version works, 
then the new version probably also works. If I recall correctly, the 
installer also shows this warning. I think you don't get a fancy boot 
splash without initrd. I don't know if you'd be missing out on anything 
else.

Why not take a nibble out of your swap partition to set up a small first 
partition for your boot.cfg?