Re : Mkinitrd problems

["Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)" <jean.luc.coulon@gmail.com>]

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Le 11.07.2005 10:59:28, gandrel a écrit :
> Hello list.
>
> Yesterdey I spotted two problems with mkinitrd:
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> $Id: mkinitrd,v 1.201 2004/05/16 22:00:48 herbert Exp $
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> from Sid with up to date updates.
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> 1. In /usr/sbin/mkinitrd script is (or was) with "find" in line 601
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> There is:
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>  find /proc/scsi -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \
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> and should be:
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>  find /proc/scsi -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d \
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> If not "find" shouts about sequence of options and arguments.
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> 2. mkinitrd don't produce output.
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> I run:
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> mkinitrd -o "image_name" "version"
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> and there is no output file.
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> Critical bug?
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> I run minitrd with option "-k" and build initrd image with mkcramfs.
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>
> Anybody else can confirm those errors? Or they are just on my system.


If you use the -o option with a relative path, it doesnt create the  
initrd.

Try to specify an absolute path: -o /boot/initrd.img   for example

I don't know if it is a bug or a feature

Jean-Luc
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