Howdy, I'm trying to rebuild a kernel to include new options, see other thread. I got the kernel built but dracut is giving me grief. I hate that thing and when a previous way that worked no longer works, it doesn't help me like it any more. Still, it is what it is even if I don't like it. I read the man page, the Gentoo wiki and tried different methods but it just refuses to build a init thingy that I need. It either fails right away or gets to the end and errors out without completing.
I name my kernels and such this way: root@fireball /usr/src/linux # ls -al /boot/kernel* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7061552 Oct 14 2018 /boot/kernel-4.18.12-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7082032 May 15 2019 /boot/kernel-4.19.40-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7102512 Jan 2 19:46 /boot/kernel-4.19.40-2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5858496 Jun 17 2016 /boot/kernel-4.5.2-1 root@fireball /usr/src/linux # I copy the kernels from the /usr/src/linux directory by hand as I've always done. I name them starting with kernel and then add the kernel version with a sequence number on the end. In the past, I've made it to -4 before getting what I need. Right now, I'm working on 4.19.40-2 and building a init thingy for it. This is how the init thingys end up, in the past anyway: root@fireball /usr/src/linux # ls -al /boot/initramfs* -rw------- 1 root root 7752134 Oct 15 2018 /boot/initramfs-4.18.12-1.img -rw------- 1 root root 8560993 May 15 2019 /boot/initramfs-4.19.40-1.img -rw------- 1 root root 5377395 May 20 2016 /boot/initramfs-4.5.2-1.img root@fireball /usr/src/linux # What I need, the proper command with options to tell dracut I want to build a init thingy for 4.19.40-2. I've tried many different ways but none of them work. This includes commands I've used in the past that did work. If I have to specify the init thingy name and the location of the kernel modules directory, that's fine. I keep commands like this in a file to refer back to because I do tend to forget specifics but in this case, it seems dracut changed something. Previous commands are not working. Does anyone know how to accomplish this task? Hopefully something that will work even if dracut changes something with its defaults. I figure if I tell it all it needs to know, then it should work even if dracut changes the default method. I just can't seem to figure out what method to use here. Maybe I'm missing a option or something. Thanks much. Dale :-) :-)
