[Grml] Making an initrd.img for 2.6.18

[Tom White]

I eventually got one to boot, but I suspect I'm missing something basic.

mkinitrd couldn't find sd_mod:

  # mkinitrd -o initrd.img-2.6.18-grml -r /dev/sdb3  2.6.18-grml
  /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: add_modules_dep_2_5: modprobe failed
  FATAL: Module sd_mod not found.

yaird worked for me going from 2.6.16 to 2.6.17, but now / isn't in fstab

  # yaird --output=initrd.img-2.6.18-grml 2.6.18-grml
  yaird error: mount point not in fstab: . (fatal)

So I modified /etc/yaird/Default.cfg

  <               MOUNTDIR        "/" "/mnt"
  ---
  >               MOUNTDIR      "/mnt/sdb3" "/mnt"

But yaird now didn't like /dev/usb-sdb3 in fstab

  # yaird --output=initrd.img-2.6.18-grml 2.6.18-grml
  yaird error: duplicate device name in fstab: /dev/sdb3 (fatal)

So I commented it out

  # Added by GRML
  #/dev/usb-sdb3 /mnt/usb-sdb3 auto
user,noauto,nodev,noatime,nosuid,noexec,rw,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

And success

  # yaird --output=initrd.img-2.6.18-grml 2.6.18-grml

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-- Tom White