[Fedora-livecd-list] Custom initrd

[Mads Kiilerich]

Jeremy Katz wrote, On 08/16/2009 02:14 AM:
>>> So if you want to do this, you have to
>>> do something like we did for Fedora 8 on the initial move of initramfs
>>> stuff into mkinitrd proper.  See commit
>>> 11dbd0bb5ba4b845e80109e990e4e780ca402218
>>>        
>> Oh yeah. livecd-creator thinks (knows) that it is creating a CD, and
>> thus the initrd is (has to be) in $LIVE_ROOT/isolinux/initrd0.img.
>>
>> So
>>      /sbin/mkinitrd -f $LIVE_ROOT/isolinux/initrd0.img $(rpm -q kernel
>> --qf "%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}")
>> in %post should do the trick? I will try that.
>>      
> Nope -- really, look at the commit[1].  You need the two separate %post
> sections as it shows you; you can't do just one
>    

Ok, thanks. I'm trying to understand which parts of that commit is 
essential to me.

So it is because LIVE_ROOT only is available in not in_chroot %post 
scripts? And the initrd thus has to be created in a normal chrooted 
%post and copied to the right location in a non-chrooted %post?

Is there any particular reason why LIVE_ROOT isn't available in chroots? 
Couldn't the image always mounted under $INSTALL_ROOT/mnt/live? Or 
bind-mounted?

/Mads