Re: trouble with RAMDISK after replacing kernel

Did you call it bzImage or bz2bzImage?  Two things:

First, The build script is supposed to detect the difference and use
gzip instead of bzip2 for the ramdisk if you use a bzImage kernel
instead of a bz2bzImage kernel.  Your bzImage kernel does not support
the bzip2 ramdisk format used by the bz2bzImage kernel, so if you
call the kernel bz2bzImage, but it isn't really, it will fail.

Second, I've never tested the bzImage/bz2bzImage=>bzip2/gzip logic
in buildit.s, so, assuming you called it bzImage, there may be bugs.

-Tom

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Dave_Hein wrote:

> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 23:38:42 -0500
> From: Dave_Hein <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [tomsrtbt] trouble with RAMDISK after replacing kernel
>
> I created a new tomsrtbt with a different kernel and am getting this error message:
>
> RAMDISK: couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 867.
>
> I built 2.4.18 kernel with support for RAMDISK and MINIX, plus as few other devices as I could get away with.  I then unpacked the distribution (tomsrtbt-2.0.103), replaced the kernel, built the new distribution, and installed it on a floppy.  Booting from that floppy fails with the error message above.
>
> I don't think I did anything wrong, but perhaps I missed a step somewhere?
>
> If anyone has seen and solved this problem, please pass on the solution.  Thanks.
>
> --
> Dave Hein <[email protected]>
>