On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > undoubtedly a simple question, but is there any compelling > > reason to rebuild my initrd.img file if i'm just upgrading from > > 2.5.70-bk8 to 2.5.70-bk9, and i can confirm that none of the > > modules in the current initrd.img have changed as a result of > > that kernel bk upgrade? > > > > in short, i've rebuilt my kernel and modules directories, > > but do i need to build a new initrd.img? > > This is one of those questions that would have been answered faster by > just trying it.
um ... no, it wouldn't. while testing it would theoretically tell me if it worked for *me* in *my* particular configuration with *my* specific config file, it wouldn't answer the wider question as to whether this should be expected to work under all circumstances. demonstrating a data point size of one does not constitute a proof. what i was after was a more general answer, perhaps related to being dependent on kernel config options, module versioning, something like that. or, OTOH, the simple answer that, "yes, you'll be fine" would also be acceptable. all of us have, at one time or another, fallen into a habit of doing something a particular way, only to get burned by it some time down the road and to eventually learn that we've just been lucky all this time. just playing it safe, that's all. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
