Bug#181200: ITP: initrd-builder -- alternative initrd creating utility
Package: wnpp
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-02-16
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : initrd-builder
Version : 3.4.28
Upstream Author : Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
* URL : http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/es/os/i386/SRPMS/mkinitrd-3.4.28-1.src.rpm
* License : GPL
Description : alternative initrd creating utility
This package provides a mkinitrd program that is known from RedHat
systems.
.
Mkinitrd creates filesystem images for use as initial ramdisk
(initrd) images. These ramdisk images are often used to preload the
block device modules (SCSI or RAID) needed to access the root
filesystem.
My plan is to make few extensions to make mkinitrd more Debian
compatible, create a frozen extension interface so the program can be
extended by others, implement some feature requested by Debian users
that are ignored by the current initrd-tools maintainer. Eg. intelligent
resolving of required modules to make reasonably sized initrd images
than can fit on one floppy disk with the kernel. Important goal is also
closer cooperation with upstream authors (Sistina/LVM, IBM/EVMS
projects).
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux zombie 2.4.21-pre4 #7 Die Feb 4 09:13:49 CET 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
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