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[Silverrocker <silverrocker@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Edouard

I have the exact same problem

Can you please tell me if you've found a solution? Or someone else in the
community?

greets

Silverrocker


On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Edouard <pandam.shaoren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am a user of Arch Linux, and this time, I just want to use Adam's
> hacked kernel.
> I have read all your instructions, but I did not manage to boot.
>
> First of all, I have downloaded
> linux-image-2.6.37-6-vaioz_2.6.37-6.16_amd64.deb and
> linux-headers-2.6.37-6-vaioz_2.6.37-6.16_amd64.deb, and unpacked them
> using "ar" and extracted them using "tar" on the data.tar.gz of each
> archive to root /.
> Then, I have modified the bootloader, but I have no idea what to put
> in the initrd, since there is no .img in the files I have downloaded.
>
> So, I have thought that we have to build that .img by ourselves, using
> mkinitcpio.
>
> Here is the command line I used:
>
> # mkinitcpio -g /boot/kernel-2.6.37-6-vaioz.img -k 2.6.37-6-vaioz
>
> But, it says that the modules.dep is missing from /lib/modules/2.
> .../. So I have just copied the modules.dep from the initial kernel to
> the new one.
> The building has then run successfully, but I cannot boot, since it
> does not really detect my linux partition /etc/sda4.
>
> So, could you check the different steps I have done, because these
> hacked kernels really make life simpler.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
> Edouard.
>
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