Re: [Xen-users] Installing a Debian Etch DomU using debootstrap

["netz-haut - stephan seitz" <s.seitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Samstag, den 19.07.2008, 09:09 +0200 schrieb Thomas:
> Hi,
> 
> I think I now understand the problem. I am missing the initrd file.
> Where can I get the official image from?
> 
> I often see people putting the following in their configuration file:
> --
> kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-xen-vserver-686"
> ramdisk = "/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-xen-vserver-686"
> --
> 
> I know where to get the vmlinuz file, but where to get the initrd.img one?

You should create one by e.g.
mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` `uname -r`

Replace `uname -r` by the kernel version you want to create an initrd
for,
if you're currently not running this kernel.

On debian it might be mkinitrd ,but its usage is similar.

cheers

Stephan



> 
> I am using Debian Etch. Looking for the file manually, I was unable to
> locate it anywhere in the repositories.
> 
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