[rhelv6-list] Getting kernel panic using custom initrd image

[Phil Meyer]

On 02/01/2011 12:24 PM, solarflow99 wrote:
> doesn't rhel6 use dracut for the initrd now?
>


Yes.

You will need to install dracut-network before making the initrd image.  
Otherwise you won't have the network boot capability in there.

After installing dracut-network, all future use of dracut for building 
the initrd will include the network drivers.  That is why its not 
installed by default.

example:

# yum install dracut-network
...
# cd /boot
# dracut newinitrd.img `uname -r`

That will give you a usable image for network booting.  Just copy the 
current vmlinuz and the newinitrd.img to your tftpserver.

Good Luck!