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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> I’ve tried run mkinitrd to create an
initrd.img file for Centos 5 Kickstart, but it turns out that the default
initrd.img is quite different from the initrd.img file created with mkinitrd. Any
one know how to create a Kickstart initrd.img with custom kernel? Or the
hacking steps on a existing Centos 5 kickstart initrd.img?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>root@Centos5TestBox aaa]# ls -alF original
mkinitrd/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>mkinitrd/:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>total 40<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 May 30 17:22
./<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 30 17:29
../<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:22
bin/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwx------ 3 root root 4096 May 30 17:22
dev/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:22
etc/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-rwx------ 1 root root 1833 May 30 17:22
init*<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:22
lib/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:22
proc/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 May 30 17:22
sbin -> bin/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:22
sys/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:22
sysroot/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>original:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>total 52<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
./<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 30 17:29
../<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62 May 30 17:21
.buildstamp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123 May 30 17:21
.profile<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 30 17:21
bin -> sbin/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
dev/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
etc/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 30 17:21
init -> /sbin/init*<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
modules/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
proc/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
sbin/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
selinux/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
sys/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
tmp/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 May 30 17:21
var/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>root@hello11 aaa]#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>--Guolin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] <b><span
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Cheng</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:45
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> How the Centos 5.0's
kickstart initrd.img is build??</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Any
one know how the Centos 5</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>kickstart</span></font> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>initrd.img</span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>was
built? I’ll be very appreciated if any light can be shed on this topic.</span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
basic problem to be solved here is:</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> how to</span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>build a custom
vmlinuz+initrd.img for Centos 5 kickstart with my own custom built kernel?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> I
am not sure mkinitrd is the right tool for this purpose? If do, which are the
modules I should include with</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>‘—preload’
options? And if</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>there</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>are any extra files/steps</span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I
should include/follow for the initrd.img file?</span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Not sure how the
stage2.img is loaded</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>by kernel after initrd.img is loaded
and run. Please help.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--Guolin</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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