How do I make an installation initrd.img for a new kernel?

[Barry Scott]

Gawain Lynch wrote:
>> All of this is in the man page. What I'm after is the script used to 
>> create the initrd.img that shipped on the FC4 CDROM
>> for network installation.
>>     
>
> This *may* or may not help you.  Attached is a script I was working on
> for educational purposes a while ago to add the ipw2200 modules and
> dependencies to the install initrd.
>
> Now this was never going to work because anaconda doesn't support
> wireless setup, but the aim of the game was to get anaconda to detect a
> device it wasn't supposed to, in much the same vein as what you are
> trying to achieve.
>
> You should be able to get the gist of what is required from the script.
>
> Take care,
>
> Gawain
Thanks for the script. I can see what you are doing and it will help me.

I have also found the buildinstall tool in anaconda-runtime.
It does, in a far less obvious way, what you are doing plus a
huge amount more that I don't think I need done.

Barry