On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 02:24:09PM -0500, John and Holly Klug wrote: > I am using kernel 2.6.14-2-386 and yaird 0.0.12-8. > > It appears that yaird requires that one be running the kernel that is > being targeted when creating an initrd image. This is because it gets > the system configured release kernel name (uname -r) to generate paths. > > This means one cannot use a generic Linux bootcd (like Triinity or > Knoppix) to create a boot drive, because the modules and possibly other > items cannot be found. > > Also, there is a problem with using a drive other than the current boot > drive to run yaird, because it says that the drive is busy, if it is > mounted (/dev/sda? is busy message), which it would need to be in order > to configure the new root boot image. I would like to be able to do > chroot /newrootdrive, and then run yaird from the new point. > > Am I missing something, or is there no reasonable way to create a Debian > boot cd that is capable of creating a new initrd image from Debian Linux > and yaird? By the way, the bootcd package appears to require lilo, and > I am using grub.
Why not use initramfs-tools? -- Chris. ====== " ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness." Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
