[Mageia-dev] MGA2 Installer + Bootloader stage issue: initrd regeneration not happening?

Sat Jul 14 18:30:41 CEST 2012

Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> writes:
+
+> Hi,
+>
+> While debugging https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6692#c8 I
+> realised that the initrd is generated when the kernel is installed, but
+> it's not regenerated again later.
+
+Hi,
+
+/root/drakx/ddebug.log might give some clue about what failed.
+
+> I'm not sure why this isn't working but perhaps someone more familiar
+> with the installer itself (TV?) could comment?
+>
+> I was under the impression the initrd would be regenerated at the end?
+> Does this even happen or have I just assumed this? I'm pretty sure in
+> the past it did used to regenerate it but I could be mistaken.
+>
+> So the question then remains, how do we ensure that either:
+>  a) the initrd is regenerated at the end of the install process
+
+That's ensured at the bootloader installation step.
+If not present for every configured kernel, an initrd will be created.
+
+>  b) we delay the kernel install until the end such that all other
+> packages are guarenteed to be installed and available.
+
+That should not be necessary if (a) is done correctly.
+
+Cheers
+
+-- 
+Olivier Blin - blino
+