On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Saurabh Kulkarni <srk892@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > HI Andy, > > Thanks for your response. No I don't need anything fancy while booting up > other than access to certain scripts/hooks which are added in > initramfs-tools directory in case of ubuntu. I'll try to see if this python > code allows me to do something like that. Also, in general, doesn't dracut > have any provision wherein we can specify such add ons? Strange.. I consider initramfs-tools hooks to be fancy :) My script is entirely self-contained, so, if you want an initramfs feature, it goes in the script. --Andy > > Best, > Saurabh > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Andrew Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Saurabh Kulkarni <srk892@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi there, >> > >> > So I've been working on a project that requires me to have my own custom >> > initrd. The doc I'm following is specialized for ubuntu, so it makes use >> > of >> > mkinitramfs to create initrd, and uses initramfs-tools/scripts and >> > initramfs-tools/hooks for serving its purpose. I tried using dracut to >> > create a ramdisk, but I cannot figure out how should I incorporate >> > additional scripts and hooks into the same. I tried extending a dracut >> > module (00bash) by adding *inst_hook cmdline 20 "path to the script" * >> > but >> > that doesn't seem to help. >> >> How custom? What are you trying to do? Are you trying to boot in an >> environment that needs hardware-dependent drivers loaded or is the >> environment controlled enough that you don't need all that fanciness. >> >> I'm asking because this thing, while not currently intended for >> external use, can generate working initramfses very very quickly and >> with so little code that you can see what's going on in a minute or >> two: >> >> >> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/kernel/virtme/virtme.git/tree/virtme/mkinitramfs.py >> >> --Andy >> -- >> devel mailing list >> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > > > > > -- > Saurabh R Kulkarni > Graduate Student, ECE > Carnegie Mellon University > > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
