Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ?

From	buck <buck@private.mil>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ?
Date	2011-04-03 20:01 +0000
Organization	Say What?
Message-ID	<inajn10273s@news1.newsguy.com> (permalink)
References	<in9tpo$cns$1@dont-email.me>

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no.top.post@gmail.com wrote in news:in9tpo$cns$1@dont-email.me:

> OK, perhaps the initrd & vmlinuz must be 'created together'
> since the driver routines don't have standard locations ..
> and initrd must be 'linked' to vmlinuz ?
> 
> So how do I keep my old developed & proven apps.
> and run them, under a new kernel, which can handle
> newer hardware drivers?

The initrd file name is specified in lilo.conf, so I just rename the 
existing initrd in /boot, create a new initrd (and rename it also), then 
fix lilo.conf and run lilo.
--
buck

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why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-04-03 13:47 +0000
  Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Douglas Mayne <none@invalid.com> - 2011-04-03 15:06 +0000
    Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Helmut@Hullen.de (Helmut Hullen) - 2011-04-03 17:15 +0200
      Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-04-03 12:24 -0500
        Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Helmut@Hullen.de (Helmut Hullen) - 2011-04-03 19:37 +0200
          Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-04-29 12:40 +0000
  Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-04-03 15:30 +0000
  Re: why must initrd 'track' vmlinuz ? buck <buck@private.mil> - 2011-04-03 20:01 +0000

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