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The Monday 2006-11-27 at 01:09 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
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> For example, after booting using the 10.1 Installation DVD uname -a shows that
> the kernel is 2.6.16.13-4 but the kernel now actually in place is
> 2.6.16.21-0.25 and, of course, initrd etc also have this same (latter) number.
>
> It took a "few" minutes to work out why you said that not using any parameters
> with the mkinitrd command will create a default image which will match the
> current kernel - in this case being the old ...16.13-4 kernel which is not
> what I need.
Did you try that, or is it a guess? :-?
If it is a guess, as I think, then try it and don't waste more time :-p
If you get an initrd for the old version then I'll tell you how to
solve that. But I don't think you will.
> This of course would explain why booting from the DVD works even though there
> is a corruption in,say, initird because it is the kernel etc which is on the
> DVD which is used and until the damage is repaired the OS continues to run on
> the old kernel etc. At least this is what I make of it :-) .
Correct.
> I'll recreate the initrd as described later today after rereading all that has
> been stated 'cause I don't want to mess things up even more and have to
> reinstall not only 10.1 but XP as well even though I only use it once in a
> blue moon.
I have run the mkinitrd dozens or hundreds of times, and it never broke my
install, that I can remember.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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