On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:21 AM, r_burton <r_burton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am running Fedora-14-x86_64
> I have imported, and built kernel source: linux-2.6.38.6
>
> My problem: How do I build a new 'initrd'?
>
> I have examined the file /boot/initramfs-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64.img
>
> Which comes with the Fedora-14 distribution. How do I build a new
> one? On other distributions which I am familiar (e.g. Suse) there is
> a script, 'mkinitrd'. Is there such a script for Fedora? Is there
> a definitive "Guide to the Fedora Kernel Build Procedure"?
This would be better asked on the fedora-devel or fedora-kernel lists.
Fedora uses a tool called 'dracut' to create the initramfs. There is
a script called new-kernel-pkg that gets called if you install a
Fedora kernel RPM. It's invocation looks like:
/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel%{?-v:-%{-v*}} --mkinitrd
--dracut --depmod --update %{KVERREL}%{?-v:.%{-v*}}
If you haven't installed your kernel from an RPM, you'll need to
figure out what the --package and --update parameters are expecting
and map the values accordingly for your locally built kernel.
You might be able to call dracut by hand as well, but new-kernel-pkg
does a number of other things, like update grub.conf IIRC.
josh
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