initrd failed

[Gordon R. Keehn]

red_alert at the-psychiatry.ch wrote:

>hi
>
>i've lost my initrd file (the only one that existed)...now i can't boot, because
>it's missing. i've tried to create a new with the CD (linux rescue), but that
>doesn't work, because mkinitrd doesnt find /lib/modules/<kernel-version>
>because it's mounted as /mnt/sysimage/lib/modules/<kernel-version>. i know, i
>shoudl chroot /mnt/sysimage, but this doesn't work (i think because the cd is
>fedora core 1 and the system is updated to the latest development packages).
>
>any ideas how i could create the needed initrd-file?
>
>regards
>red_alert
>
>ps. i can't burn the latest CDs, because i've no cd burner available atm :(
>
>
>  
>
    I can't verify this immediately as my Linux box is 12 miles away in 
my home, but I recall that mkinitrd accepts a parameter identifying the 
assumed root of the file system.  Try "mkinitrd -h" and set 
/mnt/sysimage as the assumed root.
    Cheers,
Gordon Keehn