Moving F7

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Thu Sep 27 15:02:57 UTC 2007


Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
>   
>> I'm not certain about this, but I don't think you are right.
>> You are certainly wrong about the kernel,
>> which just comes with the kernel RPM.
>> But I think you are also wrong about initrd too -
>> that comes with the kernel RPM too, IIRC.
>> I don't think when a new kernel is installed mkinitrd is run.
>>
>>     
> No, the initrd is generated as part of the kernel install scripts.
>   
    Well then if you copy your f7 to another hard drive and load a new 
kernel rpm your system should boot without a kernel panic. Is this correct?



> It does not come with the kernel. This is because it has to match
> the hardware on your system. The initrd file on my laptop with a
> SATA drive is different from the one for my server with SCSI drives
> witch is different from the desktop with PATA drives witch is
> different from the one on my bootable USB drive. They are all
> created by mkinitrd when you install the kernel. Otherwise the
> initrd file would have to contain all the modules for disk access,
> or they would have to be built into the kernel.
>
> You can verify this by looking at the install scripts in the kernel
> package. You can also check the dates on the kernel, and on the
> initrd image file. The kernel date/time will be earlier then the
> time/date on the initrd image. You can also run "rpm -Vv <kernel
> rpm> | grep /boot" - it will not try to verify the initrd file. You
> can run it without piping through the grep command, but then it list
> all the modules that come with the kernel too.
>
> Mikkel
>   


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