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Subject: Re: 2.5 module-init-tools/mk_initrd problems
From: Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk>
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	OK, found the problem, the mkinitrd script was looking for modules .o
instead of .ko, fixed script. I discovered that the RedHat source rpm
contained a mkinitrd script for 2.4 kernels.
Regards
Sid.

On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 20:46, Sid Boyce wrote:
> 	On both SuSE 8.1 and Mandrake 9.1rc2, I can't get mk_initrd to find
> modules.
> 	I've installed module-init-tools 0.9.10 (SuSE 8.1) and 0.9.9 (Mandrake
> 9.1rc2), mkinitrd 3.4.32 (SuSE 8.1) and 3.1.6 (Mandrake). "depmod -ae
> 2.5.66-ac1" finds no problems. 
> "mkinitrd --preload reiserfs --preload aic7xxx /boot/initrd-2.5.66-ac1
> 2.5.66-ac1" returns message on both systems e.g "no module reiserfs
> found for kernel 2.5.66-ac1".
>  strace says it's at least trying to look in the right top directory ...
> stat64("/lib/modules/2.5.66-ac1", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=288,
> ...}) = 0
> 	I can't see why it's not searching further down to where the module is.
> Regards
> Sid.
> -- 
> Sid Boyce ... hamradio G3VBV ... Cessna/Warrior Pilot
> Linux only shop
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