updating kernel - what else do you need to do after copying uimage & modules ? (14 replies)

Hi,

just cross compiled a new kernel (for my kirkwood based iconnect) ... and have the uimage and modules and copied them across to the existing wkg (old kernel - 3.2.0-4) boot usb flash drive ... it all boots up fine and in to the new kernel .. but i get an error on apt-get when it tries 2 update using initramfs-tools the old kernel version of the files (3.2.0-4) rather than the new version of the files

which gives me the error message

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-kirkwood
Unsupported platform.
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Can anyone give me the instructions to update the files on the boot partition to the new kernel version which im hoping will get rid of the error and a proper boot process

thx

ian