mkinitrd on missing list?

[Gene Heskett]

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.

Cheers, Gene
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