On Sat, Jan 16 2010, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Patrick Wiseman wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59...@care2.com> wrote: >>> Patrick Wiseman wrote:
>>> If this is the latest version of make-kpkg, did you >>> cp /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs >>> /etc/kernel/postinst.d/ >>> cp /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs >>> /etc/kernel/postrm.d/ >>> ? >> >> Uh, no, I didn't. I have now. And dkpg-reconfigure has now created >> the initrd image, and grub has found it. Thanks! (I appreciate the >> help, but where should I have looked? My googling did not turn up >> that solution! And neither did 'man make-kpkg', although I see now >> there's some obtuse language in there which is perhaps meant to convey >> the same information.) >> > > This was dicussed on the list. My reference is: > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/38247e9a7f3561ea/6fe4f2d08bc209a1?hl=ia&q=group:linux.debian.user+insubject:kernel-package#6fe4f2d08bc209a1 > and you're right, that post does not show up by googling initrd or > kernel. So much for google... ,----[ Manual page make-kpkg(1) line 132/382 ] | --initrd | If make-kpkg is generating a kernel-image package, arrange to | convey to the hook scripts run from the post installation | maintainer scripts that this image requires an initrd, and that | the initrd generation hook scripts should not short circuit | early. Without this option, the example initramfs hook scripts | bundled in with kernel-package will take no action on | installation. The same effect can be achieved by setting the | environment variable INITRD to any non empty value. Please note <-* | that unless there are hook scripts in /etc/kernel or added into <-* | the hook script parameter of /etc/kernel-img.conf. no initrd <-* | will be created (the bundled in example scripts are just examples <-* | -- user action is required before anything happens). <-* `---- I guess this could be made more, umm, insistent, somehow. manoj -- There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over. --Larry Wall in <1992aug19.041614.6...@netlabs.com> Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@acm.org> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 4096R/C5779A1C E37E 5EC5 2A01 DA25 AD20 05B6 CF48 9438 C577 9A1C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87635gpunz....@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com
