Recompiling Kernel - initrd question

Chuck (chuck@digmo.org)
Wed, 31 Dec 1997 15:54:30 -0600 (CST)


I am trying to recompile my kernel from RH 5.0. I have tried several kernels in the
2.1.50 to 2.1.76 range which I had working fine on earlier versions of RedHat.

1) What does this line do exactly in lilo.conf?

initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.31.img

I have never messed with this before and have never had any problems. I now receive
an error during boot up, it is looking for /boot/initrd-2.1.76.img (for the respec-
tive kernel I am trying)

2) Why, when you diable Pnp in the kernel it still lists you Pnp cards during bootup.

The bane of my problems is a nasty conflict between an AWE64 sound board and an IBM
Auto 16/4 ISA Token adp. The I/O ports are the conflict, and my network performance is
almost non-existant. I have two options for I/O with the token ring card, (0A24) and I
forget the other, anyways I have tried every combo of I/O addresses with both cards
and none will work. I have the following I/O options for the AWE64, 220, 240, 260 and
280.

3) Anyways, I want the most stable kernel that has decent token ring support, SMP support,
and sound support. (I do not care if Linux thinks the sound board is simply a SB16, I just
want basic sound support), what do you guys recommend? Oh yea, while not majorly important,
I would like vfat support as well.

Thanks in advance,
Chuck