On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: >>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:09:34 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >>> >>>> At this point I don't know that 1) the image is actually in the >>>> kernel, or 2) that my "init thingy" ;-) image would work, but at least >>>> the process of putting it together is verifiable. >>> >>> That's why I put in all the debug stuff, so I could watch the progress of >>> the script as it ran. >>> >> >> >> OK, I'll look at combining that part my my scripts, or just using yours, etc. >> >> Thanks for the help, >> Mark > > Neil, > One more question if I might. What's the simplest way to regenerate > the kernel when there are no kernel changes but you have changes to > the programs that are going into the initramfs? make clean seems like > overkill to me, and it's very slow to boot. > <SNIP>
Answering self: The Gentoo wiki covered this at the end: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs I tried it and it seemed to work, although I've not yet successfully booted this kernel so there may well be some issues left to deal with. Cheers
