On Fri, 03 Jan 2020 02:27:22 -0500,
Dale wrote:
>
> John Covici wrote:
> > On Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:57:29 -0500,
> > Dale wrote:
> >> 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.
> > I think dracut uses the name of the /lib/modules directory, so just
> > execute dracut "" <module directory name> such as in my case
> > 4.19.85-gentoo . If that does not work post here, maybe you have
> > spaces in your directory name, if so try using double quotes around
> > it.
> >
>
>
> I decided to go back to a older version, just to see if it works. The
> first example I had saved didn't work but the second did. First was
> likely from a much older version of dracut. Do you know what changed
> between dracut-046-r1 and dracut-048-r1? I ran into this once before
> when a major version number changed.
>
> One reason I'd like to be able to specify everything is to avoid changes
> in future versions. That way I can use the same command each time
> unless they completely change everything which I'm sure I'd read about
> long before I needed to use it. Just has a example:
>
> dracut /boot/<kernel name> <initramfs name> -k <path to kernel modules>
>
> With that, it knows where the kernel is, what to name the init thingy
> and where to find the kernel modules. Thing is, I can't find a way to
> do it that way with what I see in the man page or the wiki. I even
> looked on non-Gentoo sites and didn't find anything like this.
>
> I did eventually help it find the modules. Then it ran into another
> issue that even google couldn't find. I don't mean find a solution, it
> couldn't find the problem either. It returned zero, 0, results. I was
> floored. It's rare to see google return a stupid look. ROFL I also
> tried renaming the kernel to see if that would help. No change. I know
> it is picky on names but one would think it would stay the same.
> Finding something with kernel on the front shouldn't be to hard. ;-)
>
> May have to just bang away until I get lucky then document the new way.
> Whatever that way is.
>
> Thanks.
I think you are over complicating things, when I use dracut, I don't
specify any of those parameters, just the init thingy name which I
usually leave blank and the name of the kernel I want to use, dracut
finds everything fine. Why not do it that way and rename afterwards,
if you don't like the name.
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John Covici wb2una
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