>>> On 10/4/2016 at 04:32 PM, Marcy Cortes <marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com> >>> wrote: > The virtualization cookbook Redbooks says > > 1. Change the persistent policy: > # echo 'persistent_policy=by-path' >> /etc/dracut.conf > 2. Update the boot loader: > # grub2-install > This updates the initramfs image of the first stage boot loader > (/boot/zipl/initrd). > 3. Update the initramfs image of the running kernel (/boot/initrd): > # dracut -f > > > Aren't these 2 steps a replacement for mkinitrd ?
No. With the introduction of grub2, the need to run zipl on a regular basis went away. The grub2-install step is only needed if something about the system has changed that the grub2 boot loader needs to take into account. The dracut step is now what gets run when you call mkinitrd. (mkinitrd is a bash script that winds up calling dracut with some parameters.) Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
