initrd

Mar 02, 2007 2 Replies
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After a new linux installation, i'm unable to boot with previous installed linux. This is because previous installed initrd is overwritten with new initrd.



How do I fix this in order to boot with previous linux installation.



Thanks in advance.



Nilesh



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| After a new linux installation, i'm unable to boot with previous | installed linux. | This is because previous installed initrd is overwritten with new | initrd. | | How do I fix this in order to boot with previous linux installation.

The new initrd is not compatible with the old kernel? You need to install the combination of all old components. That, or redesign the components to be incrementally compatible.

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This is the way I fix it:

  • boot from CD (knoppix)
  • mount filesystem
  • chroot
  • mkinitrd (after correcting /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf) Hope it helps.

wimpunk

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