Re: Multihead in Debian/Debian-based distro and 64-bits?

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- drbista <dr...@ep...> wrote:

<snip>

> 
> I tried to install the precompiled kernel 
> (
>
http://www.c3sl.ufpr.br/multiterminal/kernel-image-2.6.7-ruby.tar.bz2)
> and 
> it get installed as a parallel kernel, but it gave
> some errors like below:
> 
> <QUOTE>

<snip>

> You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image
> (version
> 2.6.7-ruby) but you do not seem to have a mkinitrd
> command in the
> path. This will break the installation, unless
> initrd-tools are also
> being installed right now.
> 
>

<snip>
 
> And when trying to boot in the ruby image, it gave
> me kernel panic error 
> saying the kernel could not find the place to
> mount....
> 
> Any idea? Thanking you in anticipation,
> 

Right. It tells you exactly what is wrong. At the risk
of repeating what you perhaps already know, Debian
kernels ship with what is called a cramfs file with
modules that avoids them filling up the kernel and
support the world and then some. This is invoked via
what is called "initrd". Use of this necesitates a
package:

http://packages.debian.org/testing/utils/initrd-tools

and what the messages told you is that you do not have
that package installed.

Install it and at least you won't get that error
anymore...

HTH

H 




		
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