divert update-initramfs, a Ubuntu bug only?

Henning Sprang henning at sprang.de
Thu Mar 5 14:41:40 CET 2009


Lothar Brendel wrote:
> Now, AFAICS the 2.6.26-package (default in Lenny-FAI) uses
> ``mkinitramfs-kpkg'' to create its initrd for the first time while the
> 2.6.28-package uses ``update-initramfs'' for that purpose. The latter
> being deactivated during package installation in make-fai-nfsroot, the
> kernel 2.6.28 stays unknown to update-initramfs (i.e. does not appear in
> /var/lib/initramfs-tools) and hence is ignored in the ``update-initramfs
> -k all'' later on in make-fai-nfsroot. Hence I must use the -U option
> w/o being on Ubuntu.

Surely, when -U helps you to get something done you need, it is the
right thing for you even though not being on Ubuntu ;)

FAI ist usually made to build the nfsroot for the current default kernel
of the distribution it is installed on.

But do I get it right, your setup finally works, only that you didn#t
expect it to require the use of -U because it's description uses the
word "Ubuntu"?

Then, we might change the manpage and everything is fine?

Henning



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