* Jim Osborn [Mon, 7 May 2001 22:43:22 -0700 (PDT)]:
I tried compiling a kernel from source---I know SuSE officially discourages anything but the standard distro kernel,
We don't discourage it, we just don't support it. That's a whole different matter.
Naturally, I want to keep my old, working kernel in place as a backup. I need to know how to use mk_initrd, if necessary, to make the ramdisk image for the new kernel, but I need also to know what to do to preserve the /boot/initrd image for my old kernel.
Just create different configurations in /etc/lilo.conf. Something like this: image = /boot/vmlinuz label = linux root = /dev/sda3 initrd = /boot/initrd image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.4 label = lx244 root = /dev/sda3 initrd = /boot/initrd-2.4.4 If all the modules you need/want are listed in the INITRD_MODULES varaible in /etc/rc.config, run mk_initrd -k "vmlinuz vmlinuz-2.4.4"-i "initrd initrd-2.4.4" As you see, the list of initrds has to match the lists of kernels. Does that suffice? -- Penguins to save the dinosaurs -- Handelsblatt on Linux for S/390