Created attachment 876513 [details]
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Initial summary:
kernel installation fails to build an initrd

# inxi -S
System:
  Host: p5bse Kernel: 6.7.9-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Console: pty pts/0 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240806
# df /
Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda14       6456747 5140673    984658  84% /
# zypper --no-refresh se -s -i scriptl | grep 'package '
i  | suse-module-tools-scriptlets | package | 16.0.48-1.1 | x86_64 | OSS
# time rpm -ivh ./kernel-default-6.8.9-1.1.x86_64.rpm   ###     . is an NFS
mount
Verifying...                          ################################# [100%]
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:kernel-default-6.8.9-1.1         ################################# [100%]

real    0m40.537s
user    0m24.840s
sys     0m1.679s
# ls -lrtGg /boot | tail
-rw------- 1 16474240 Jun 14 15:24 initrd-6.7.9-1-default
lrwxrwxrwx 1       29 Aug  6 17:42 .vmlinuz.hmac ->
.vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default.hmac
lrwxrwxrwx 1       48 Aug  6 17:42 .vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default.hmac ->
../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/.vmlinuz.hmac
lrwxrwxrwx 1       42 Aug  6 17:42 vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default ->
../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1       23 Aug  6 17:42 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default
lrwxrwxrwx 1       45 Aug  6 17:42 System.map-6.8.9-1-default ->
../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/System.map
lrwxrwxrwx 1       46 Aug  6 17:42 sysctl.conf-6.8.9-1-default ->
../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/sysctl.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1       22 Aug  6 17:42 initrd -> initrd-6.8.9-1-default
-rw-r--r-- 1        0 Aug  6 17:42 do_purge_kernels
lrwxrwxrwx 1       41 Aug  6 17:42 config-6.8.9-1-default ->
../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/config
# dracut --kver 6.8.9-1-default
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --kver 6.8.9-1-default
...
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/boot/initrd-6.8.9-1-default' ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/boot/initrd-6.8.9-1-default'
done ***
# ls -lrtGg /boot/initrd-6.8.9-1-default
-rw------- 1 16677212 Aug  6 18:05 /boot/initrd-6.8.9-1-default
#

Note absence of freshly created initrd before I ran dracut. This failure to
complete kernel installation by automatically building an initrd (with dracut)
has happened on various systems at least 6 times in recent weeks on various TW
(and Slowroll?) installations. It only occurs on a random basis. By far most
kernel installations in the same period have proceeded as expected. I have yet
to fail manually running dracut after kernel installation fails to run it.