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Subject: RE: Multiple kernels OOPS at boot on Fujitsu pt510 ( AMD DX100 CPU ) - ksymoops output attached
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:12:27 -0800
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From: "Torrey Hoffman" <Torrey.Hoffman@myrio.com>
To: <root@chaos.analogic.com>, "Zwane Mwaikambo" <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>
Cc: "Matthew Allum" <mallum@xblox.net>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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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
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