>no, mkinitrd 3.5.15.1 does not care about alternatives >your logs, please. Here's mkinitrd [root@kjartan root]# mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.4.22.img 2.4.22 Looking for deps of module aic7xxx scsi_mod Looking for deps of module scsi_mod Looking for deps of module sd_mod scsi_mod Looking for deps of module scsi_mod /bin/ls: relocation error: /bin/ls: symbol gnu_dev_minor, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file l ibc.so.6 with link time reference /sbin/mkinitrd: line 529: [: too many arguments /sbin/mkinitrd: line 543: [: too many arguments Looking for deps of module ext3 jbd Looking for deps of module jbd Using modules: ./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o ./kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o ./kernel/d rivers/scsi/sd_mod.o ./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o ./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o Using /root/tmp as temporary directory. /sbin/nash -> /root/tmp/initrd.8wLSt0/bin/nash /sbin/insmod-DIET -> /root/tmp/initrd.8wLSt0/bin/insmod `/lib/modules/2.4.22/./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o' -> `/root/tmp/initrd.8wLSt0/lib/scsi_mod.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.22/./kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o' -> `/root/tmp/initrd.8wLSt0/lib/aic7x xx.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.22/./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o' -> `/root/tmp/initrd.8wLSt0/lib/sd_mod.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.22/./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o' -> `/root/tmp/initrd.8wLSt0/lib/jbd.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.22/./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o' -> `/root/tmp/initrd.8wLSt0/lib/ext3.o' mknod: relocation error: mknod: symbol gnu_dev_makedev, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file lib c.so.6 with link time reference mknod: relocation error: mknod: symbol gnu_dev_makedev, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file lib c.so.6 with link time reference mknod: relocation error: mknod: symbol gnu_dev_makedev, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file lib c.so.6 with link time reference mknod: relocation error: mknod: symbol gnu_dev_makedev, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file lib c.so.6 with link time reference mknod: relocation error: mknod: symbol gnu_dev_makedev, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file lib c.so.6 with link time reference mknod: relocation error: mknod: symbol gnu_dev_makedev, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file lib c.so.6 with link time reference mknod: relocation error: mknod: symbol gnu_dev_makedev, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file lib c.so.6 with link time reference mknod: relocation error: mknod: symbol gnu_dev_makedev, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file lib c.so.6 with link time reference Loading module scsi_mod.o Loading module aic7xxx.o Loading module sd_mod.o Loading module jbd.o Loading module ext3.o Contents of RCFILE: #!/bin/nash echo "Loading scsi_mod.o module" insmod /lib/scsi_mod.o echo "Loading aic7xxx.o module" insmod /lib/aic7xxx.o echo "Loading sd_mod.o module" insmod /lib/sd_mod.o echo "Loading jbd.o module" insmod /lib/jbd.o echo "Loading ext3.o module" insmod /lib/ext3.o echo Mounting /proc filesystem mount -t proc /proc /proc echo Creating device files mkdevices /dev echo Creating root device mkrootdev /dev/root echo 0x0100 > /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev echo Mounting root filesystem mount -o defaults --ro -t ext3 /dev/root /sysroot pivot_root /sysroot /sysroot/initrd echo Remounting devfs at correct place if necessary handledevfs umount /initrd/proc Creating filesystem with size 777KB and 176 inodes _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/