On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:39 PM, D. R. Evans <doc.evans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Sorry for the stupid question, but do you rebuild the init ram image >> after changing your mkinitcpio.conf ? > > I don't understand the question, so it's not at all stupid. I'm just following > the instructions on the wiki. The wiki says to edit mkinitcpio.conf > immediately prior to the reboot, so that's what I'm doing. It doesn't mention > any need to rebuild an image (nor how to do it). > > Doc > > -- > Web: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR > On the wiki, it does not mention anything about rebuilding your initramfs, because mkinitcpio is called automatically by the installer after the configuration phase. However: mkinitcpio.conf is read by the mkinitcpio utility in order to create the initial ramdisk image. Essentially, it's a bunch of stuff needed by the kernel before the root filesystem is made available. After you edit the mkinitcpio.conf file, you HAVE to rebuild[1] your initramfs image, in order for the changes to actually take effect. If you just edit the file and then reboot, nothing is done. Also, I assume you are using the live CD for making your changes. Make sure that, when creating the images, you have chrooted[2] into your installation and you are not just creating them on the Live CD fs. --Chris Sakalis [1] - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio#Image_creation_and_activation [2] - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot
