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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Please test dracut (mkinitrd replacement)</H1>
<B>Shlomi Fish</B>
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<I>Fri Oct 21 13:23:42 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:29:46 +0100
Colin Guthrie <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mageia at colin.guthr.ie</A>> wrote:
><i> Hi,
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Due to upcoming changes to systemd and friends we'll likely need to use
</I>><i> dracut rather than mkinitrd for some setups (i.e. those with LVM volumes
</I>><i> defined in /etc/fstab)
</I>><i>
</I>><i> It would be good if people here could test as we will likely make it the
</I>><i> default at some point in the not too distant future.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> To test:
</I>><i>
</I>><i> sudo -i (or su -)
</I>><i> urpmi dracut
</I>><i> cd /boot
</I>><i> mv initrd-3.1.0-desktop-0.rc10.1.mga2.img initrd-old.img
</I>><i> /sbin/installkernel -N 3.1.0-desktop-0.rc10.1.mga2
</I>
This process works fine here on my Core i3 desktop machine with an Intel HD
Graphics card. After I successfully boot, I can start KDE, start VLC and
mplayer, as well as play Extreme Tux Racer (a 3-D game). The sound works.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> This should install dracut, move the existing initrd out of the way, and
</I>><i> regenerate a new one using dracut. If you are using a different kernel
</I>><i> version then adjust the two commands accordingly to pick the right version.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Then just reboot. Hopefully all will go well and you won't notice much
</I>><i> difference :)
</I>><i>
</I>><i> If it fails you should still be able to use the previous initrd by
</I>><i> editing the grub command line and specifying the initrd-old.img file
</I>><i> manually.
</I>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Cheers
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Col
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