From: smallm@panix.com   
      
   root  writes:   
      
   > Thanks for repsonding Henrik.   
   >   
   > I will create a backup partition running 15.0,   
   > then do the upgrade and follow that with a new   
   > initrd and rerun lilo as suggested. I have been   
   > busy getting other things in order before that   
   > experiment.   
   >   
   > I didn't think of that because other systems   
   > I use run grub and lilo was irrelevant.   
      
   One thing that's changed with 15.0 is the addition of a new script,   
   /usr/sbin/geninitrd.  In 14.2 when upgrading a kernel I would skim the   
   instructions under /boot on how to make a new initrd, once again finding   
   what arguments to pass (don't know why I didn't make an alias). Now I   
   run geninitrd followed by lilo without thinking about it much.  The head   
   of geninitrd warns, however, that it's not for use if you have an   
   encrypted root partition.   
      
   I think there might be a difference in what goes into your generic   
   initrd now too.  There's some indirection involved with geninitrd,   
   but eventually it runs /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh   
   which has this comment near the top:   
      
   # Create an initrd which fits the system.   
   # Take into account the use of LVM/LUKS/RAID.   
   # Find out about any hardware drivers the system may need in an initrd when   
   # booting from a generic lightweight kernel.   
      
   It didn't always do that did it?   
      
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