[TriLUG] grub: where does initrd-<ver> .img come from

[H. Wade Minter]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, H Brett Bolen wrote:

>
> I've switched from lilo to grub with rh72.
>
> the grub.conf file lists initrd-*.img file.  how
> do i create this and what is it for?
>
> I'm currently booting with out one.

You create it with the "mkinitrd" command.

RH72 and above SHOULD always use an initrd, since things like ext3 and
whatnot are built as modules by default.

--Wade