mkinitrd on missing list?

[Basil Chupin]

On 15/03/13 17:37, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 15 March 2013 02:35:33 Tom H did opine:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>>> Just tried to build a new kernel & found that mkinitrd is missing. So
>>> what are we using now in 10.04-4 LTS?
>> It's been a while that the default is initramfs-tools with the
>> "mkinitramfs" and "update-initramfs" (the latter is a wrapper for the
>> former).
>>
>> Since you're using 10.04 and if you insist on using "mkinitrd", you
>> should be able to install yaird ("yet another initrd").
> I found it had been renamed with a small syntax change, got it working, but
> now it can't find my mouse or keyboard.  More putzing around tomorrow I
> expect.

Gene, what's it like banging your head against a brick wall? :-)

BC

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