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fiod

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Registered: 2007-04-02

Posts: 205

Regular or fallback image? (initrd)

Hey,

I cannot boot my computer (I get a kernel panic) unless I use the fallback initrd image.

Does this have any effect on the operation of my computer after the booting process?
(such as unnecessary modules loaded, etc.)

And in general - can someone explain the difference between the fallback image and the regular one?

Thanks
Fiod

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,487

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Re: Regular or fallback image? (initrd)

I remember looking over a file during installation when installing the fallback image... perhaps /etc/mkinitcpio.d/kernel26-fallback.conf?

That might give you a start

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 13,150

Re: Regular or fallback image? (initrd)

/boot/kernel26.img --> stripped down in size by autodetect
/boot/kernel26-fallback.img --> contains all modules of subsystems

Copied from Arch Wiki on Configuring mkinitcpio

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moses

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From: Finland

Registered: 2006-07-02

Posts: 28

Re: Regular or fallback image? (initrd)

iirc I had the same problem, solved it by booting with the fallback initrd,
once booted, I regenerated the kernel26 initrd image, e.g

# mkinitcpio -k $(uname -r)
# mkinitcpio -k $(uname -r) -g /boot/kernel26.img

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