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Re: custom initrd on stock kernel installation (cdrom problems)



kristian kvilekval a écrit :

>Background:
>Having discovered that my cdrom disappeared a while ago,
>I tracked down that the loading order of modules
>determines whether I have a Cdrom device or not.
>Specifically I need to force 
>
>ide-core
>cdrom
>ide-cd
>ide-disk
>ide-generic
>
>to load before any scsi drivers load specifically by
>placing them in the initial ramdisk used during the kernel load.
>I accomplished this by placing the above list in 
>  /etc/mkinitrd/modules
>
>Question:
>
>   I would like to run debian stock kernels from unstable.
>However I would like a custom initrd instance to be installed
>while installing the standard kernel. Is this possible?
>  
>
Yes, and you don't have to do anything. The standard kernel doesn't come
with an initrd, the initrd is build with options you set in
/etc/mkinitrd when you install the new kernel package.

cu.

>It appear that kernel-img.conf allows set a ramdisk command,
>but this fails even with mkinitrd (documentation says it must
>be compatible with mkinitrd?)
>
>Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>
>  
>



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