On Thursday 30 April 2009 14:30:42 Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30 2009, thveillon.debian wrote: > > ers are non-essential. > > > Installing the created .deb will take care of all the linking (/initrd, > > /vmlinuz, build dir...), boot-loader update (with grub at least), initrd > > creation/update and such. > > Actually, with the 12.XX branch, you get to choose what happens > when the kernel image is installed, by dropping scripts into > /etc/kernel -- by default, no action is taken > > For example, to create an initramfs, I did: > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > cp /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/postinst.d/yaird \ > /etc/kernel/postinst.d/ > cp /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/postrm.d/yaird \ > /etc/kernel/postrm.d/ > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Or, alternately, you could do: > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > cp /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs \ > /etc/kernel/postinst.d/ > cp /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs \ > /etc/kernel/postrm.d/ > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > To run grub, I have in /etc/kernel-img.conf: > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > postinst_hook = update-grub > postrm_hook = update-grub > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > But really, you can substitute your own scripts, or decide not > to use initrds (which is a sane option if you are building your own > kernels and thus might not have any modules at all). > > manoj
My intention at this point is to make a detailed list of the components on a particular system so I can remove everything that is not needed. These would be older systems that will never be upgraded or need new hardware so the kernel don't need a lot of options concerning hardware. For example, I have used ext3 on the drives and they don't need to access anything else and will remove all support for ext2, ext4, NTFS and everything else. I intend to compile everything into the kernel without using modules. It's my understanding from what I have read that this will result in a leaner and some what faster kernel for that system. Is that a reasonable assumption and approach? The whole subject of initrds scripts is something I will need to study up on. But are you saying that if I don't use modules that I don't need to worry about needing these scripts? Thanks, Randy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
