Making Init ramfs

[Andrew Otte]

Have built a custom kernel 2.6.14.1 (from kernel.org) on kubuntu breezy.  
Needed a patch for a bluetooth mouse.
All succeeded but when I reboot I get a complaint that devfs can't be mounted 
and I can't access partitions on a second harddrive.  
So I got into mkinitrd and then mkinitramfs to build a better initrd file.  
Used /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs -o /boot/initramfs
when the new kernel was running - booted with the initrd pointing 
to /boot/initramfs and it boots but still the devfs problem and I can't mount 
other partitions.

I am somewhat of a newbie and fell that my learning curve is so steep I am 
slipping backwards and all to get a scroll wheel rolling!
Can anyone help?
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Andrew Otte
Laidley, Queensland
Australia
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