Speaking of initial kernels and compiling has made me think about
the initrd file. [For those who don't know initrd is all the modules 
for a specific kernel compressed in a tar file for use by the kernel 
during boot]. Has anyone ever built one. I found the instructions on 
how to do a while back and it is kind of messy. I reckin' we'll 
need/want to build one for the new distro. Plus, Gene's problem also 
brings up an important feature to add. If someone selects the ext3 or 
reiserfs for the /boot partition or / if there is no /boot partition, we
want to compile that fs capability into the kernel.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Hammitt [mailto:thammitt@kc.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11:09 AM
> Cc: Kclug
> Subject: Re: mandrake
> 
> 
> On Mandrake systems, the kernel .config that they used is 
> copied to /boot,
> so you can start from there by copying it to your new kernel 
> directory as
> .config and do a make oldconfig, then do the normal make 
> xconfig or whatever
> you prefer to shut off things like ISDN and ATM support.  It 
> saves a little
> time..  Then remember to copy _your_ .config back to /boot 
> for next time.
> 
> It's a good idea to mount /boot read-only, good call Brian..
> 
> Later,
> 	Tony
> 
> 
> Brian Densmore wrote:
> > 
> > Gene,
> >  You might try recompiling the kernel with reiserfs or ext3 
> built in.
> > Not as a module. It is almost certainly a module now 
> (especially if it
> > is the original kernel), and as such will be in the modules 
> file in ...
> > you guessed it, /boot. that is why you are having trouble. 
> This is why I
> > use ext2 for the /boot partition and make it a read-only filesystem.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > Brian
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gene Dascher [mailto:gedascher@multiservice.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:24 AM
> > > To: Kclug
> > > Subject: RE: mandrake
> > >
> > >
> > > Mandrake 8.2 is in beta, according to an article on slashdot.
> > >  Apparently,
> > > you'll be able to install it as small as 65MB!  I like
> > > Mandrake, except for
> > > one problem that I keep having.  I have installed 8.0 and 8.1
> > > on a Dell
> > > Inspiron laptop aith very few modifications.  The problem I
> > > seem to have is
> > > that somehow, in the normal usage of the laptop (I have a
> > > dual-boot config
> > > with Win98), it looses its ability to mount the /boot
> > > partition!  The laptop
> > > boots just fine in Linux, but when it is mounting the
> > > different partitions,
> > > it says it can't mount /dev/hda2 as /boot because the
> > > filesystem does not
> > > exist.  I first used ReiserFS, and then switched to EXT3, 
> but it still
> > > happens.  I don't know if it is because I have SuspendToDisk
> > > enabled or
> > > what, but I'm confused.  I think I will try the Gentoo or
> > > LinuxFromScratch
> > > this time to try and streamline the system more.
> > >
> > > Gene
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
> > > > [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of
> > > Jonathan Hutchins
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 5:24 PM
> > > > To: Kclug
> > > > Subject: RE: mandrake
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On top of the various problems, there hasn't been any 
> significant
> > > > update to
> > > > 8.1 since it came out in September.
> > > >
> > > > Then again, RedHat is still running 7.2.
> > > >
> > > > How recent is the latest Debian?  SuSE?
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
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