[Fedora-livecd-list] Custom kernel, and custom initrd generation

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

El Kindi REZIG wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I'd like to use my own custom kernel which I applied some patches to, 
> with live cd creator, and it's not in RPM format, I just untar it in the 
> %post section into the right directories in the live cd image, but for 
> the live initrd file I can't copy it like I do for vmlinuz, modules/, so 
> I want to generate the live initrd for my custom kernel, is it possible 
> to do that?
> 

If you do use an RPM, this all falls in place nicely. Better yet, base 
it on the RPM from Fedora and you have all the magic you need. The 
kernel SRPM (or actually it's spec) even has some documentation in it's 
comment on how to do it.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip