David Walluck wrote: > > Juan Quintela wrote: > >>>>>>"mathias" == Mathias L Bjorkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>>> > > > > mathias> it doesn't seem that kernel-2.4.18-2mdk has a initrd > > mathias> prebuild so therefor doesn't link initrd to initrd-2.4.18-2mdk.img > > mathias> properly. > > > > mathias> Another thing that came up is it complains when > > mathias> mounting /proc, it says its allready mounted so > > mathias> that program fails. > > > > What is your configuration? > > > > Here it creates a initrd for sure. > > > > what is your root fs > > and in what is it imounted (i.e. ide, or if SCSI, what card). > > > > Later, Juan > > I've reported this bug three or so times, and received no reply. For me, > the root fs is XFS on an ATA100 harddisk. > > 1.) For mkbootdisk, I would hope if 1.38M is not big enough to fit the > XFS module the installer would attempt to format for a larger size > (apparently this can be done). At least this way, if you fail to create > the initrd when I install Mandrake Linux, the bootdisk may save me. > > 2.) It seems there is an error creating the initrd. For one thing it > would be nice if it took a --root=/mnt option. I cannot tell what the > cause is, but I see either: > > a.) unresolved symbols in modules loaded from initrd > b.) no xfs module included in the initrd, so no ability to mount root fs > anyway > > 3.) I have tried installing an older kernel which is known to work. Same > thing happens -- creating initrd fails. Persumably, it looks in /sbin or > /lib for modules, when my rescue disk puts my filesystems under /mnt. > But again, I try creating this file manually, and I get the same errors > as above. > > Like I said, this has happened before. I forgot how I fixed it last > time, but I remember it took me a couple of days. > > Sorry, I don't have much info, maybe you can tell me where to look? I > have tried creating the initrd manually since the RPM fails when it > tries to do it. > -- > Sincerely, > > David Walluck > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I had this same problem, but after "mkinitrd initrd-2.4.18-2mdk.img 2.4.18-2mdk" I have no problems with that. Irek
