FC5 system won't boot after update

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

John DeDourek wrote:
> Yes.  No problem with that.  It still boots and runs fine
> under the old kernel.
> A previous reply suggested that the new kernel might have
> a bad initrd.
> Can anyone tell me whether the initrd is
> installed as a binary from the kernel package, or is
> custom built by a script during the install process?  If
> the latter, I am inclined to remove and reinstall the new
> kernel, thus rebuilding the new initrd.  (Or, I will find
> the instructions for rebuilding the initrd manually.)
> 
It is built during the install. This is because it is specific to
the system it is installed on. It is created by running mkinitrd.

Mikkel
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