Re: mkinitrd

["bruce edge" <edgebruce@yahoo.com>]

On Thu, 29 May 2003 17:50:10 +0200, Axel Gerster wrote:

>> > can someone please explain to me how to get an module into an existing
>> > initrd.img and get it loaded on bootup? Or does someone know a good
>> > howto?
>>

If you just want to add a module, and not recreate it from scratch, try
this:

cp initrd.img initrd.gz
gunzip initrd.gz
mkdir mnt
mount -o loop initrd mnt
Now, copy whatever you want into mnt/...
umount initrd
gzip initrd
cp initrd.gz initrdnew.img

That's from memory, so I may have missed a step or two.

-Bruce