creating custom initrd

[John Summerfield]

Mike Wright wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote:
>> Rick Stevens wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 15:14 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 17:33 +0100, info at boer-software-en-webservices.nl
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is it possible to define which modules mkinitrd should add to the 
>>>>> initrd?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a custom initrd, but after every kernel upgrade, it 
>>>>> recreates the
>>>>> initrd. When it does this,
>>>>> I loose the extra module I need, so I end up recreating the initrd
>>>>> myself again.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know in Ubuntu and Debian there is a file somewhere in 
>>>>> /etc/sysconfig
>>>>> that defines the modules
>>>>> to use when building the initrd. But I have yet to find this file 
>>>>> in Fedora.
>>>>>
>>>> The --with option in mkinitrd
>>>
>>>
>>> mkinitrd will load any modules required to mount the root filesystem
>>> (e.g. SCSI, ext3, network [if / is on an NFS volume], etc.)  If you need
>>> additional modules, then "--with=name-of-module" is required.
>>
>>
>> Some one has to remember what the extra modules are? It's difficult 
>> enough for me, let alone any colleagues who might share the 
>> responsibility, or my successor.
>>
>> The Nameless One's point (in part) is that in Debian. one adds those 
>> names to a configuration file, and then
>> 1. It's documented for said colleagues and successors
>> 2. It happens every time in the future, nobody has to remember it.
>>
>>
>> I think you can do something by adding a file to 
>> /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd/ where you set MODULES to the list of modules 
>> to add,
>>
> 
> Good catch, John!
> 

Shucks, <blush>

I only did what I always do, check whether it's a script, and if it is, 
read it. It's a good way to learn shell tricks, and sometimes to solve 
the problem at hand.

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Cheers
John

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