Coach-X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Install new kernel: > > omni:/tmp # rpm -ihv ./kernel-default-2.6.22.9-0.4.i586.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > 1:kernel-default ########################################### > [100%] > Setting up /lib/modules/2.6.22.9-0.4-default > > Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default > Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default > > Does not appear the mkinitrd ran automatically, so I run it manually:
> omni:~ # mkinitrd
>
> Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default
> Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default
>
> Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default
> Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/tmp/mkinitramfs.iv9111/mnt': File
> exists could not create temporary directory
Is the file system full? Can you create the directory by hand?
mkinitrd is a shell script, you might want to check what's going wrong.
> omni:/tmp # ll /var/tmp/
> total 16
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 120 Oct 5 11:24 heartbeat-root
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 972 Oct 8 16:24 rpm-tmp.34363
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 914 Oct 5 12:55 rpm-tmp.61378
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 955 Oct 5 12:52 rpm-tmp.71553
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1059 Oct 8 16:22 rpm-tmp.83302
> drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 48 Sep 21 18:04 vi.recover
> drwx------ 4 root root 128 Oct 5 12:50 zypp.DFcf1I
>
> omni:/boot/grub # stat /var/tmp/
> File: `/var/tmp/'
> Size: 272 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory
> Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 48425 Links: 5
> Access: (1777/drwxrwxrwt) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
> Access: 2007-10-12 11:40:16.000000000 -0400
> Modify: 2007-10-12 11:35:23.000000000 -0400
> Change: 2007-10-12 11:35:23.000000000 -0400
>
>
> The old initrd for 2.6.22.5-31 is there but the symlink now points to
> 2.6.22.9-0.4 which does not exist.
>
> Anyone know why it could not create a directory under /var/tmp/ Or how
> to create a new initrd file?
mkinitrd -t /tmp chooses a /tmp as directory,
Andreas
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