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

Fri Oct 21 13:23:42 CEST 2011

On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:29:46 +0100
+Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+
+> 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 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
+
+> 
+> 
+> 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
+> 
+
+
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