Re: [Cooker] RPM kernel upgrades Howto? TOO EASY!!!

[Chmouel Boudjnah]

"J . A . Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi, all.
> 
> Related to this thread is a problem i found with recent kernels. 
> Kernel rpms try to build the initrd.img on the fly when installing.
> But what happens when running a kernel with broken loop device, like
> 2.4.2 ?
> I my case, one of my boxes is an old P200 that boots from an AHA1520,
> so I ended with a new 2.4.3-x kernel installed with no initrd ( i was
> running 2.4.2 with broken loop), so
> that kernel does not boot. I do not know which drivers are pre-built
> in mdk kernels, in my home box I usually build my kernels, but this
> other box was short of disk so I had no space for kernel source tree.
> 
> This could be solved giving a pre-built initrd with kernels.

Well pre-built initrd is not possible initrd is generated  based on
what you have on your machine.

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