[PATCH] module-init-tools vs. mkinitrd

[Boszormenyi Zoltan <zboszor@freemail.hu>]

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Hi Rusty, Alan,

I am using RedHat 8.0 and experimenting sometimes with 2.5.x.
Some time ago I installed modutils-2.4.21-12 from Rusty's directory
from kernel.org and yesterday I upgraded to the latest RH errata kernel.
What surprised me was that the upgraded kernel did not boot up.
The problem is that mkinitrd does not copy /sbin/insmod.static.old
to the initrd image. Using the attached patch or downgrading to the RH8
modutils before upgrading the kernel fixes it.

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi


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--- /sbin/mkinitrd.old	2002-09-05 07:07:04.000000000 +0200
+++ /sbin/mkinitrd	2003-02-10 20:40:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@
 
 inst /sbin/nash "$MNTIMAGE/bin/nash"
 inst /sbin/insmod.static "$MNTIMAGE/bin/insmod"
+if [ -x /sbin/insmod.static.old ]
+then
+  inst /sbin/insmod.static.old "$MNTIMAGE/bin/insmod.old"
+fi
 ln -s /sbin/nash $MNTIMAGE/sbin/modprobe
 
 for MODULE in $MODULES; do