[Mageia-dev] Please test dracut (mkinitrd replacement)

Fri Oct 21 01:29:46 CEST 2011

Hi,
+
+Due to upcoming changes to systemd and friends we'll likely need to use
+dracut rather than mkinitrd for some setups (i.e. those with LVM volumes
+defined in /etc/fstab)
+
+It would be good if people here could test as we will likely make it the
+default at some point in the not too distant future.
+
+To test:
+
+sudo -i (or su -)
+urpmi dracut
+cd /boot
+mv initrd-3.1.0-desktop-0.rc10.1.mga2.img initrd-old.img
+/sbin/installkernel -N 3.1.0-desktop-0.rc10.1.mga2
+
+
+This should install dracut, move the existing initrd out of the way, and
+regenerate a new one using dracut. If you are using a different kernel
+version then adjust the two commands accordingly to pick the right version.
+
+Then just reboot. Hopefully all will go well and you won't notice much
+difference :)
+
+If it fails you should still be able to use the previous initrd by
+editing the grub command line and specifying the initrd-old.img file
+manually.
+
+
+Cheers
+
+Col
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
+colin(at)mageia.org
+http://colin.guthr.ie/
+
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