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#110 Always create an /boot/initrd

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2004-08-26
2004-07-21
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Is there a way of writing the an /boot/initrd.gz file
w/o installing grub. -

Then is is possible to use the livecd as the boot disk.
To make a new .lst file for grub is then trival (i've
played around with grub and it nice.), but can't do it
w/o initrd

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  • Alex de Landgraaf

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    isn't this the default (ie, isn't /boot/initrd.gz always
    created when necessary for the install?). in instlib.c,
    CopyKernel() creates the initrd, but this is before the type
    of grub install is selected so the initrd should be created
    anyway if necessary.

    What would be a (another) good idea is to create the grub
    files anyway, and only if not-install bootloader is selected
    skip the final part of installing grub...

     
  • Alex de Landgraaf

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  • Brendan Sleight

    Brendan Sleight - 2004-08-27

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    > isn't this the default (ie, isn't /boot/initrd.gz always
    > created when necessary for the install?). in instlib.c,
    > CopyKernel() creates the initrd, but this is before the type
    > of grub install is selected so the initrd should be created
    > anyway if necessary.
    This is not currently the default, when I test the installer
    a while ago initrd.gz was not created, I will test the
    latest version to confirm

    > What would be a (another) good idea is to create the grub
    > files anyway, and only if not-install bootloader is selected
    > skip the final part of installing grub...
    Yes.

    I try to submit some grub menu files this week. So that the
    Morphix Grub menu can also act as a boot disk for an
    installed system

     

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