On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:03:46 -0400, Luis R Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> My goal is to actually generate a debian package which will have a > very small x86 kernel and a very very custom initramfs (bundles of > software) for a PXE boot environment. Kernel-package lets me build a > debian package out of the kernel source tree, but I want to do > something a bit different. I just looked into kernel-package's > support for generating custom initramfs cpio archives but it really > lacks documentation even on the source. Since kernel-package does not build initramfs cpio archives, there is no wonder kernel-package sources do not have information on this. The man pages have something, though: ,----[ Manual page kernel-pkg.conf(5) ] | INITRD_CMD | Set this variable to a space separated list of executables that | create an initial RAM disk. This only has any effect if | installing a kernel-image that uses an initial RAM disk. The | commands so pointed must be drop-in compatible with mkinitrd. | This sets the built in default used by the postinst script at | installation time, it can be overridden by the administrator at | any target machine in /etc/kernel-img.conf. If not set, it | Defaults to a subset of mkinitrd mkinitrd.yaird mkinitramfs , | the subset being decided based on the version of the kernel | being built, so one should refrain from setting this manually -- | unless one knows what one is doing. `---- I am not sure what else you expected to find. manoj -- It looks like blind screaming hedonism won out. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]