problem with kernel-2.6.9-1.1_FC2 initrd - can't recreate, but disturbing

[Dave Jones]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 04:57:21PM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
 > I installed kernel-2.6.9-1.2_FC2.i686.rpm from updates/testing, to see what
 > would happen. Standard rpm -ivh; nothing fancy. Then, I changed grub.conf to
 > make the new kernel the default, and rebooted. Woops; panic. Turns out the
 > initrd-2.6.9-1.2_FC2.img was completely empty (12k file, properly a gzipped
 > ext2 image, but with no content). I ran mkinitrd by hand, and it worked
 > fine. And then I uninstalled the kernel and reinstalled it, and this time,
 > the initrd image was created just fine.
 > 
 > So, maybe it was a bizarre fluke. But I thought I'd mention it just in case
 > anyone else has similar problems....

What mkinitrd version are you running ? If its newer than the one
in FC2, that would explain it.

		Dave