I'd read in "kernel in a nutshell" that creation of initial ram disk, performed by mkinitrd, depends of distribution. The author recommends to use the Distribution Installation's Script if you are getting erros when booting. About Slackware i found it: http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=linux:kernelbuilding At "Creating a Initrd" is explained why ram disk is needed, when you should make one and how do it. I hope it be helpful On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Mark Ryden <markryde@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > Well: when running "make install" the initrd script is called in > order to create an image. I am sure about it as I added an echo "in > mkinitrd" in /sbin/mkinitrd. > > - I want to know how and where this mkinitrd script is called and I > cannot find it. I grepped for "mkinitrd" in the > kernel tree and could not find its invokation. > > Any ideas ? > > Rgs, > Mark > > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 3:38 PM, ajit mote <mail2blackmen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Can you elaborate the question with more details .... >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Mark Ryden <markryde@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> Sorry, it seems to me that I was misunderstood. >>> >>> I also made that grep and got these results. >>> This does not explain a simple question: >>> when running "make modules_install", where is the invokation of >>> mkinitrd ? I cannot find it in the kernel tree (and Markus answer does >>> not show it either). >>> >>> Any idea? this question really puzzles me ! >>> Rgs, >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Markus Heidelberg >>> <markus.heidelberg@xxxxxx> wrote: >>> > Mark Ryden, 30.12.2008: >>> >> Hello, >>> >> When I run "make install" it calls, among other things, the >>> >> "mkinitrd" script. >>> >> >>> >> I tried to grep in the latest kernel tree for this call and could not >>> >> find it. >>> > >>> > $ git grep -i mkinitrd >>> > >>> > Documentation/Changes:118:Mkinitrd >>> > Documentation/Changes:122:mkinitrd be upgraded. >>> > Documentation/Changes:310:Mkinitrd >>> > Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt:51: loop mounts of tmpfs files do >>> > work, so mkinitrd shipped by most >>> > Documentation/ia64/xen.txt:45: # mkinitrd -f >>> > /boot/efi/efi/redhat/initrd-2.6.18.8-xen.img \ >>> > Documentation/ia64/xen.txt:150: # mkinitrd -f >>> > /boot/efi/efi/redhat/initrd-2.6-pv_ops-xenU.img \ >>> > Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt:412: might cause problems with >>> > the /sbin/mkinitrd program and/or >>> > >>> > Documentation/Changes line 312: >>> > o <ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/pub/rawhide/SRPMS/SRPMS/> >>> > >>> > But that link doesn't work. You can use the package from you linux >>> > distribution anyway. >>> > >>> > Markus >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with >>> "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks & Regards, >> Ajit Subhash Mote >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
