RE: Multiple kernels OOPS at boot on Fujitsu pt510 ( AMD DX100 CPU ) - ksymoops output attached

Torrey Hoffman
2002-03-01T18:15:31Z

Richard B. Johnson [mailto:root@chaos.analogic.com] wrote:

[... snipped: using 2.4.1 because... ]

> Later versions, including the current 2.4.18 fail, to mount an initrd.

I have successfully used ext2-formatted initrd's with a variety of recent
kernels between 2.4.16 and 2.4.18. The only problem I've ever had is that
when _building_ an initrd, kernels between 2.4.10 and 2.4.18-pre-something
had a bug in the ramdisk driver. This has been fixed in later kernels,
and there is also a workaround for it.

> Once somebody makes a kernel they has both a working loop device and
> a working initial RAM Disk, I will use that kernel. In the meantime,

My workstation is running a 2.4.18-pre? which successfully mounts CDROM
ISO images on loopback and successfully creates and boots initrd's.

Are you sure this is not something specific to your setup or config?

Torrey Hoffman