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Check the options for each kernel in grub/lilo. Make sure that your new kernel is flagged as a ramdisk in the same way that the old one is.
You may need to do as it suggests, and pass an "init=<initlocation>" to the kernel.
I used the commands
mkinitrd initrd-2.6.3.img 2.6.3
cp initrd-2.6.3.img /boot
cp /usr/src/linux-2.6.3/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3
vi /etc/lilo.conf
lilo -v
the kernel config file - you did compile your own kernel?
Hrmmm.... now that I look back, you never said that. Me and my assumptions.
If you didn't compile it yourself, you don't need to worry about this - it wouldn't be a problem in a stock kernel.
If you did compile it, you need to make sure that you've selected the initrd option as I described when you type make menuconfig
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