Re: Kernel RPM

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Somebody in the thread at some point said:

>    Talk the past days tell me that a kernel rpm has within all the
> things it needs to operate AUTOMATICALLY. Now this makes moving F7 from
> one place to another kind of easy. You can dd the whole thing over and
> of course it will not work, kernel panic and then with a Rescue CD you
> can load the new kernel and it will all work again.
> 
>    What is wrong with this idea?

When you install the kernel rpm, it runs mkinitrd.  You might as well
run mkinitrd yourself (you can often get away with no switches) by hand
with the old kernel bits and bobs.

Now... I know what you're thinking.  Is this a "fact" or just his
"opinion"?  Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind
of lost track myself. (etc)

-Andy

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