From: jdbeard@patriot.net   
      
   On 11/22/2013 01:48 AM, faeychild wrote:   
   > Jim Beard wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 11/21/2013 03:02 PM, faeychild wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I thought you had gotten Mageia 3 to install?  If it installed,   
   >   
   > I think I did, as well as Mandriva. but I will have to replace and partition   
   > the root drive. It is as old as the other two which have recently failed   
   > That will, of course, solve all the problems and is the better solution   
   >   
   >> dracut should be available at /usr/bin/dracut.  You may have to   
   >> be root before it will appear, due to permissions.   
   >   
   > no nothing. locate doesn't find either nor does a direct search of /usr/bin   
      
   How about a direct search of /sbin, using wildcards.   
   ls -l *init*  drac*   
      
   If that does not find something to make an initrd (and locate   
   should show it if it exists, unless there is a permissions   
   problem or misconfiguration in updatedb.conf), I am completely   
   puzzled.   
      
   Both Mandriva and Mageia require a new initrd be created for each   
   new kernel installed.  A Live One is the only exception, as it   
   comes with the initrd pre-compiled for the kernel it uses.   
      
   If you install anything other than a Live One, or update to a   
   newer kernel, you must have either mkinitrd or dracut on the   
   system.   
      
   mkinitrd may be named mkinitrd-mkinitrd, and mkinitrd may be a   
   symlink to dracut and the old mkinitrd renamed to either   
   mkinitrd-mkinitrd or something else, but you must have something   
   to create a new initrd image.   
      
   Cheers!   
      
   jim b.   
      
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