[Fwd: Re: Kernel building]

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:14:09AM +0000, Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > > My brain isn't in gear
> > > 
> > > cd /boot
> > > /sbin/mkinitrd initrd-2.6.9-1.1049_FC4
> > 
> > mkinitrd initrd-2.6.9-1.1049_FC4.img 2.6.9-1.1049_FC4
> 
> Spot on.
> 
> For future releases of the kernel, will I need to do that every time or
> will it just be picked up on install?

nah;
the key thing is that *at the time the initrd is created* the module option
is in the /etc file. Every rpm install of a kernel will create it's own
initrd at that time, so as long as you keep the option in the /etc file
you're fine from now on. You did have to fix up the existing initrd because
at the time that was created the option wasn't in there yet.