Bug 472764
| Summary: | let mkinitrd default to recreating the initrd for the currently running kernel | ||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | Karsten Hopp <karsten> | ||||
| Component: | mkinitrd | Assignee: | Brian Lane <bcl> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation> | ||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | medium | ||||||
| Version: | 5.4 | CC: | atodorov, jherrman | ||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | s390x | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-82 | Doc Type: | Enhancement | ||||
| Doc Text: |
In order to simplify the process of adding a new direct access storage device (DASD), running a mkinitrd command without parameters now prompts the user to re-create the initial RAM disk for the currently running kernel in the /boot directory.
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| Last Closed: | 2014-09-16 00:23:44 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
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This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the current release, Red Hat is unable to address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. Product Management has requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release for currently deployed products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in a release. Tested with RHEL5.11-Server-20140416.0.n # mkinitrd This will re-create the initrd in /boot for the currently running kernel. Continue ? (y/n) y # # reboot Result: - initrd created - system boots Verified that running mkinitrd without parameters recreates the initrd for the currently running kernel instead of printing usage info Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1224.html |
Created attachment 324474 [details] patch to add kernel and target defaults Description of problem: System administraters on mainframes regularily have to add some storage to the system and on mainframe you'll have to create a new initrd with the new DASD settings. One of our customers complained on the main s390-linux list that mkinitd on SLES uses those defaults whereas our mkinitd doesn't. This might be useful on other archs, too. Steps to Reproduce: 1. run mkinitrd without parameters -> usage info Additional info: patch attached