[ANNOUNCEMENT] dracut-0.3

[Harald Hoyer]

On 07/02/2009 12:56 PM, Harald Hoyer wrote:
> Here it is, dracut-0.3!
>
> Featuring booting from all kind of block devices, NFS, iSCSI and NBD.
>
> How to get started, if you want to test.
>
> # yum install dracut-0.3
>
> To generate a initramfs image, run:
>
> # dracut <imagename> <kernel version>
>
> to overwrite an existing image:
>
> # dracut -f <imagename> <kernel version>
>
> Try to boot from that image by modifying /etc/grub.conf. Be sure to have
> a fallback entry.
>
> If you want to boot from network have a look at the manpage.
> Basically everything can be specified on the kernel command line.
>
> Bug reports can be send directly to me (harald at redhat.com) until dracut
> appears in the bugzilla component list.
>

I forgot to add:

Dracut is a new initramfs infrastructure. It should replace nash/mkinitrd.

Dracut is a feature for Fedora 12
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Dracut

Further information about dracut:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/dracut/wiki