Hi Scott,

Many distribution are very confuse (foolish), most distribution need this kind
of
file to load something in RAM first to function , e.g. some type of  file
systems, but the kernel
of  2.4.7 seems not need to load some modules first and already bundled in,
e.g.
reiserfs file system, you should check.

I tried many (over 10) famous distributions of Linux, nearly no one help to
create
this file, a command mk_initrd or mkinitrd should do so, but need manualy to
do.
Wonder, these distribution are all contain document in their web site teach
people
about early modules loading process and to use these 2 commands.
Except specially build the post-install steps, rpm natively not create this
file, it is
realy surprise me before.

Don't think you can create back initrd.img file after reboot if not previous
create.

Nowaday, harddisk is much cheaper , just install new kernel and update
lilo/grub and
make initrd.img,  don't upgrade/replace the working kernel.

Even just update/upgrade some simple packages will cause the system problems.

Regards,
Leo Hon

Scott Thurmond wrote:

> I used the software manager to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.3 to 2.4.7.
>
> I noticed the new files in my /boot directory, except the initrd-2.4.7*img
> file.
>
> Do I have to change the links to point to the new kernel or should the
> software installer have done that for me?
>
> -Scott
>
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