[opensuse-autoinstall] How to create updated (PXE) initrd for os 12.2 installation CD?
As the stock kernel of openSUSE 12.2 seems to have a problem with some AMD FirePro cards (crash on switch from VT7 to any other, crash when KEXECing to installed system), I would like to use the latest kernel from openSUSE12.2:update repository and (re)build the initrd. Could anyone give me a hint on how I would recreate the initrd that is used to boot the installation CD (i.e. in the OSS repository under /boot) with the latest kernel? Thanks for any help! :-) J Brauchle
Joschi Brauchle wrote:
As the stock kernel of openSUSE 12.2 seems to have a problem with some AMD FirePro cards (crash on switch from VT7 to any other, crash when KEXECing to installed system), I would like to use the latest kernel from openSUSE12.2:update repository and (re)build the initrd.
Could anyone give me a hint on how I would recreate the initrd that is used to boot the installation CD (i.e. in the OSS repository under /boot) with the latest kernel?
Could you perhaps solve this by adding the usual "nomodeset" at startup? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.1°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/05/2012 03:31 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
Joschi Brauchle wrote:
As the stock kernel of openSUSE 12.2 seems to have a problem with some AMD FirePro cards (crash on switch from VT7 to any other, crash when KEXECing to installed system), I would like to use the latest kernel from openSUSE12.2:update repository and (re)build the initrd.
Could anyone give me a hint on how I would recreate the initrd that is used to boot the installation CD (i.e. in the OSS repository under /boot) with the latest kernel?
Could you perhaps solve this by adding the usual "nomodeset" at startup?
Yes, that does solve the problem and prevent the crash. Unfortunately, AY seems to include the kernel options set at installation time in /boot/grub/menu.lst of the installed system. I would thus need to remove "nomodeset" again from the installed system. Or is there a way to prevent this behavior? -- Dipl.-Ing. Joschi Brauchle, M.S. Institute for Communications Engineering (LNT) Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) 80290 Munich, Germany Tel (work): +49 89 289-23474 Fax (work): +49 89 289-23490 E-mail: joschi.brauchle@tum.de Web: http://www.lnt.ei.tum.de/
Joschi Brauchle wrote:
On 12/05/2012 03:31 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
Joschi Brauchle wrote:
As the stock kernel of openSUSE 12.2 seems to have a problem with some AMD FirePro cards (crash on switch from VT7 to any other, crash when KEXECing to installed system), I would like to use the latest kernel from openSUSE12.2:update repository and (re)build the initrd.
Could anyone give me a hint on how I would recreate the initrd that is used to boot the installation CD (i.e. in the OSS repository under /boot) with the latest kernel?
Could you perhaps solve this by adding the usual "nomodeset" at startup?
Yes, that does solve the problem and prevent the crash.
Unfortunately, AY seems to include the kernel options set at installation time in /boot/grub/menu.lst of the installed system.
I would thus need to remove "nomodeset" again from the installed system.
Or is there a way to prevent this behavior?
There has to be a way, but I'm not an auto-install guru. Hopefully someone else will have an answer for you. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.4°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+owner@opensuse.org
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