The command we use is the following, if you're remaking your current system:

mkinitrd -v -f initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

Don't know if this will help....

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On 9/9/09 2:29 PM, "Sue Sivets" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm trying to add 2 new mini disks to Redhat 5.3, and I've now reached
> the point where I'm going nowhere fast. The dasd are online, and
> mounted, I've updated both fstab and modprobe.conf, and I've renamed the
> initrd img file according to the RedHat Installation Guide. When I try
> to run mkinitrd, I get an error message, and so far, I haven't been able
> to figure why it's complaining.The mkinitrd command I entered is:
>
>      mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-2.6.18-128.el5.img  2.6.18-128.e15
>
> The message I get back is: No modules available for kernel
> "2.6.18-128.e15". I have no idea what modules it's looking for, or why
> it can't find them. This is a brand new install, and I'm pretty sure no
> one has logged on or tried to do anything yet.
>
> When I issue  uname -a to find out the kernel version, I get: Linux
> Red53.idp.com 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:45:02 EST 2008 s390x s3x
>
> Can anyone tell me what I'm missing, or not doing correctly?
> Are there other commands to find out what version the kernel is?
> If I just issue mkinitrd, like I do on Suse, I get the following:
> usage: mkinitrd [--version] [--help] [-v] [-f] [--preload <module>]
>        [--force-ide-probe] [--force-scsi-probe | --omit-scsi-modules]
>        [--image-version] [--force-raid-probe | --omit-raid-modules]
>        [--with=<module>] [--force-lvm-probe | --omit-lvm-modules]
>        [--builtin=<module>] [--net-dev=<interface>]
>        [--without-usb] [--without-multipath] [--without-dmraid]
>        [--fstab=<fstab>] [--nocompress] <initrd-image> <kernel-version>
>
>        (ex: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.5-15.img 2.2.5-15)
>
> How do I get the new dasd added to this RedHat system?
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help.
>
> Sue Sivets
>
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