On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> So sprach Andrej Borsenkow am Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 11:15:19AM +0300:
> > Every new Mandrake kernel-2.4.1 build I've installed resulted in creating
> > /boot/initrd-version. All builds before 2.4.1-22mdk seem to remove
>
> Well, here it results in *NOT* creating an initrd (see other thread).
>
> Now, IF an initrd is actually created for you, why is none created for me??
> Chmou, can you shed some light into this?
>
> > I already wrote that I did get initrd every time I installed kernel. I now
> > have /boot/initrd-2.4.2-3mdk. You have any specific reasons to not believe me?
>
> Oh, i believe you! No offense at all intended! My observation simply was,
> that for me no initrd's are created since some versions.
>
You do not need to belive me:
bor@localhost ~ $ ll /boot
total 1788
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Feb 28 21:13 System.map ->
System.map-2.4.2-3mdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 399894 Feb 27 04:24
System.map-2.4.2-3mdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6112 Feb 28 16:15 boot-menu.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4360 Feb 28 16:15 boot-text.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 20 14:03 boot.0347
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 20 13:39 boot.b ->
boot-menu.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 608 Feb 28 16:15 chain.b
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 21:38 grub/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 561804 Feb 28 01:03
initrd-2.4.2-3mdk.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 28 01:03 initrd.img ->
/boot/initrd-2.4.2-3mdk.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Feb 28 01:08 kernel.h ->
kernel.h-2.4.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 431 Feb 28 21:13 kernel.h-2.4.2
-rw------- 1 root root 55296 Feb 28 20:58 map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129 Feb 26 21:52 message
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 640 Feb 28 16:15 os2_d.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 256 Jan 20 14:03 ru4.klt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Feb 28 01:03 vmlinuz ->
vmlinuz-2.4.2-3mdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 741839 Feb 27 04:24 vmlinuz-2.4.2-3mdk
bor@localhost ~ $ sudo rpm -ivh
/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/kernel-2.4.2-4mdk.i586.rpm
kernel
##################################################
bor@localhost ~ $ ll /boot
total 3484
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Feb 28 21:13 System.map ->
System.map-2.4.2-3mdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 399894 Feb 27 04:24
System.map-2.4.2-3mdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400034 Feb 28 07:37
System.map-2.4.2-4mdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6112 Feb 28 16:15 boot-menu.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4360 Feb 28 16:15 boot-text.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 20 14:03 boot.0347
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 20 13:39 boot.b ->
boot-menu.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 608 Feb 28 16:15 chain.b
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 21:38 grub/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 561804 Feb 28 01:03
initrd-2.4.2-3mdk.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 561817 Feb 28 21:17
initrd-2.4.2-4mdk.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 28 21:17 initrd.img ->
/boot/initrd-2.4.2-4mdk.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Feb 28 01:08 kernel.h ->
kernel.h-2.4.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 431 Feb 28 21:13 kernel.h-2.4.2
-rw------- 1 root root 69632 Feb 28 21:17 map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129 Feb 26 21:52 message
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 640 Feb 28 16:15 os2_d.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 256 Jan 20 14:03 ru4.klt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Feb 28 21:17 vmlinuz ->
vmlinuz-2.4.2-4mdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 741839 Feb 27 04:24 vmlinuz-2.4.2-3mdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 741883 Feb 28 07:37 vmlinuz-2.4.2-4mdk
-andrej
