On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 04:57:21PM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > I installed kernel-2.6.9-1.2_FC2.i686.rpm from updates/testing, to see what > would happen. Standard rpm -ivh; nothing fancy. Then, I changed grub.conf to > make the new kernel the default, and rebooted. Woops; panic. Turns out the > initrd-2.6.9-1.2_FC2.img was completely empty (12k file, properly a gzipped > ext2 image, but with no content). I ran mkinitrd by hand, and it worked > fine. And then I uninstalled the kernel and reinstalled it, and this time, > the initrd image was created just fine. > > So, maybe it was a bizarre fluke. But I thought I'd mention it just in case > anyone else has similar problems.... What mkinitrd version are you running ? If its newer than the one in FC2, that would explain it. Dave