Paul Howarth wrote: > Well, anaconda doesn't run mkinitrd directly itself really. What happens > is that anaconda installs the kernel RPM, and the post-install script > for the kernel RPM calls /sbin/new-kernel-pkg, which runs mkinitrd (to > set up a suitable initrd for the target machine) and updates the > bootloader configuration to include the newly-installed kernel. > > Since this is a function of installing the kernel RPM, it will happen > during both fresh installs and upgrades. OK, thank you very much - I have learned a lot! But how does this program /sbin/new-kernel-pkg know _which_ scsi driver to install? In my case, at least, it seems to make the wrong choice. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland