lvm over raid confusion

[Paul Howarth]

Jack Tanner wrote:
> Paul Howarth <paul <at> city-fan.org> writes:
> 
>> Yes, that's probably the problem here. When the initial install was
>> done, there were no RAID devices and so the drivers weren't included in
>> the initrd.
>>
>> # mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
> 
> Sounds like a nice diagnosis. But in order to run mkinitrd, I need access to
> /etc/modules.conf and /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 (and probably lots of other
> stuff), which I don't have, because I can't boot the damn thing! <Sigh of
> frustration.> I do have 'net access from the rescue CD. Could someone with an
> FC5 box generate an initrd with raid and lvm modules and let me download it from
> somewhere?

Can't you boot the rescue CD, do "chroot /mnt/sysimage" and run mkinitrd 
from there?

Paul.