On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Paul Weber wrote:
> I have been running with a fairly stock copy of RH 7.1. I signed up for
> RHN and let it do its thing, including the kernel updates. The machine
> got the new kernel, but no initrd was placed in /boot. Of course the
> new kernel can't find its way out of a wet paper bag without it.
>
> Is this a setting problem with RHN? I have two servers with the exact
> same problem. The simple fix is to create a new initrd, but I don't
> have the kernel development stuff on this box to create one.
>
> Shouldn't RHN have put something there, or failed the kernel install
> since it could not boot, or something?
>
> -Paul
What you describe sounds like it could be a RHN mistake. But the
simple fix only requires the mkinitrd rpm, not general kernel development
stuff. You probably have /sbin/mkinitrd and its man page.
--
Steven Yellin
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