Last Kernel update left me without initramfs

Harald Hoyer harald at redhat.com
Thu Oct 28 10:00:22 UTC 2010


On 10/28/2010 08:36 AM, Federico Marziali wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> with Fedora 13, the last kernel update left me without the file
> intirmafs in the /boot partition. All the rest is there, and I was
> wondering if there is an easy way to build this file myself... Any
> tutorial available for fedora?
> I tried to use the previous kernel file just by renaming it but it
> won't work. I get an error from iptables (can't have the slightest
> idea why) and from the nvidia drivers (this I guess since I installed
> the new ones together with the last kernel, so the old intiramfs has
> some reference to the old nvidia drivers module??)
>
> Any hint appreciated.
> Otherwise, I would just wait a couple of days and installa Fedora
> 14... although this seems to me a very windows-approach style :)
>
> BTW, can someone explain to me what checks are being made by yum to
> ensure that this doesn't happen?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Fede


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