John Summerfield wrote: > Mike Wright wrote: >> John Summerfield wrote: >>> Rick Stevens wrote: >>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> Some one has to remember what the extra modules are? It's difficult >>> enough for me, let alone any colleagues who might share the >>> responsibility, or my successor. >>> >>> The Nameless One's point (in part) is that in Debian. one adds those >>> names to a configuration file, and then >>> 1. It's documented for said colleagues and successors >>> 2. It happens every time in the future, nobody has to remember it. >>> >>> >>> I think you can do something by adding a file to >>> /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd/ where you set MODULES to the list of >>> modules to add, >>> >> >> Good catch, John! >> > > Shucks, <blush> > > I only did what I always do, check whether it's a script, and if it > is, read it. It's a good way to learn shell tricks, and sometimes to > solve the problem at hand. > Ah great, thanks a lot. Indeed, after I set MODULES to "sata_nv" in the file /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd, it got added after the update to the initrd :) A bit weird that a file like this is not present after you install mkinitrd though.
