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[Philipp Thomas <pthomas@xxxxxxx>]

* filip (vhf@xxxxxxxxx) [20010401 21:12]:

> Very interesting but is your scheme also valid with only scsi card / hard 
> disk ?
> What about mk_initrd then ?

mk_initrd of cause still has to be called. And if you need an initrd, you
have to tell mk_initrd which kernel to use and what the name of the initrd
is going to be. So let's say for a 2.4.3 kernel, I'd call it as
' mk_initrd -k vmlinuz-2.4.3 -i initrd-2.4.3'. And of cause you'd have to
make a matching entry in /etc/lilo.conf.

At least calling mk_initrd could be automated by changing the rule in
arch/i386/boot/Makefile:

zlilo: $(CONFIGURE) $(BOOTIMAGE)
	if [ -f $(INSTALL_PATH)/vmlinuz-$(KERNELRELEASE) ]; then \
		mv $(INSTALL_PATH)/vmlinuz-$(KERNELRELEASE) $(INSTALL_PATH)/vmlinuz-$(KERNELRELEASE).old; \
	fi
	if [ -f $(INSTALL_PATH)/System.map-$(KERNELRELEASE) ]; then \
		mv $(INSTALL_PATH)/System.map-$(KERNELRELEASE) $(INSTALL_PATH)/System-$(KERNELRELEASE).old; \
	fi
	cat $(BOOTIMAGE) > $(INSTALL_PATH)/vmlinuz-$(KERNELRELEASE)
	cp $(TOPDIR)/System.map-$(KERNELRELEASE) $(INSTALL_PATH)/
	if [ -x /sbin/lilo ]; then /sbin/lilo; else /etc/lilo/install; fi
	if [ -x /sbin/mk_initrd ]; then \
		/sbin/mk_initrd -k vmlinuz-$(KERNELRELEASE) -i initrd-$(KERNELRELEASE); \
	fi

Now a new initrd is created automatically when you do 'make zlilo' or
'make bzlilo'.

Philipp

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