mkinitrd open suse 11.1

[scrarfussi]

i get some errors when i type this command could someone explain where these bad lines are so hopefully i can fix it thanx

Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-default
Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-default
Root device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3200820A_5QE104AX-part7 (/dev/sda7) (mounted on / as ext3)
Resume device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3200820A_5QE104AX-part5 (/dev/sda5)
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
Kernel Modules: dock scsi_mod libata pata_via ata_generic ide-core via82cxxx ide-pci-generic jbd mbcache ext3 edd hwmon thermal_sys fan crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid
Features: block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel
Bootsplash: Kylie_Minogue (1024x76
24122 blocks

Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-pae
Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-pae
Root device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3200820A_5QE104AX-part7 (/dev/sda7) (mounted on / as ext3)
Resume device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3200820A_5QE104AX-part5 (/dev/sda5)
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 3: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 4: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 5: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 6: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 3: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 4: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 5: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 6: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 3: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 4: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 5: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 6: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 3: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 4: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 5: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 6: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 3: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 4: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 5: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 6: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 3: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 4: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 5: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 6: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 3: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 4: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 5: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 6: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 3: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 4: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 5: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 6: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'mdadm:'
WARNING: /dev/null line 3: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 4: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 5: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
WARNING: /dev/null line 6: ignoring bad line starting with '2009/02/12'
Kernel Modules: dock scsi_mod libata pata_via ata_generic ide-core via82cxxx ide-pci-generic jbd mbcache ext3 edd hwmon thermal_sys fan crc-t10dif sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ff-memless hid usbhid
Features: block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel
Bootsplash: Kylie_Minogue (1024x76
24126 blocks

[Freston]

Hmmmm, that's not easy. You're trying to build your own initrd. A lot can go wrong. But there is light, mkinitrd is 'just' a BASH script (in the same sense that a Bentley is 'just' a car ) so it's not undoable to back trace where it's going wrong even if your C skillz are rusty.

But I must confess, I've given up on building my own initrd's because of the delicate process involved in making them and just steal an existing one. It's not at all too difficult to take an initrd from some source (the install CD/DVD for example) open it up (`man cpio`) adjusting it (`chroot` can come in handy) and close it again using some voodoo I can't remember (I believe I pipe the output of find through cpio again and redirect that somewhere, but I have an alias on a machine somewhere that handles the details). I could look it up if you like.