Description of problem: unable to generate a correct working initrd for booting on usb disk drive Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 5.0.32 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. create a new initrd : mkinitrd -v --with-usb --preload=ehci-hcd --preload=uhci-hcd --preload=ohci-hcd --preload=usb-storage --preload=scsi_mod --preload=sd_mod usbinitrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 2. reboot using the new initrd Actual results: 3. the kernel panic not finding the root partition Expected results: the kernel correctly boot on the usb -driv Additional info: extracting the generated initrd then modifyinf line order ---- echo "Loading sd_mod.ko module" insmod /lib/sd_mod.ko ---- to put then after the sleep then recreate the initrd manually. this solve the probleme note : the mkinitrd script was working on FC4 ! (version 4.2.15)
Fedora Core 5 is no longer maintained. Is this bug still present in Fedora 7 or Fedora 8?
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