Re: How to create updated (PXE) initrd for os 12.2 installation CD?
Per Jessen <[email protected]>
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Joschi Brauchle wrote: > On 12/05/2012 03:31 PM, Per Jessen wrote: >> Joschi Brauchle wrote: >> >>> As the stock kernel of openSUSE 12.2 seems to have a problem with >>> some AMD FirePro cards (crash on switch from VT7 to any other, crash >>> when KEXECing to installed system), I would like to use the latest >>> kernel from openSUSE12.2:update repository and (re)build the initrd. >>> >>> Could anyone give me a hint on how I would recreate the initrd that >>> is used to boot the installation CD (i.e. in the OSS repository >>> under /boot) with the latest kernel? >> >> Could you perhaps solve this by adding the usual "nomodeset" at >> startup? > > Yes, that does solve the problem and prevent the crash. > > Unfortunately, AY seems to include the kernel options set at > installation time in /boot/grub/menu.lst of the installed system. > > I would thus need to remove "nomodeset" again from the installed > system. > > Or is there a way to prevent this behavior? There has to be a way, but I'm not an auto-install guru. Hopefully someone else will have an answer for you. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.4°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]