On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 15:14 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 17:33 +0100, info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > Is it possible to define which modules mkinitrd should add to the initrd? > > > > I have a custom initrd, but after every kernel upgrade, it recreates the > > initrd. When it does this, > > I loose the extra module I need, so I end up recreating the initrd > > myself again. > > > > I know in Ubuntu and Debian there is a file somewhere in /etc/sysconfig > > that defines the modules > > to use when building the initrd. But I have yet to find this file in Fedora. > > > The --with option in mkinitrd mkinitrd will load any modules required to mount the root filesystem (e.g. SCSI, ext3, network [if / is on an NFS volume], etc.) If you need additional modules, then "--with=name-of-module" is required. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - Animal testing is futile. They always get nervous and give the - - wrong answers - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
