/dev might be present but not populated. fixes the boot issue on f8/f12.

[bootmanager.git] / source / steps / MakeInitrd.py

diff --git a/source/steps/MakeInitrd.py b/source/steps/MakeInitrd.py
index b4a8917..b70271d 100644 (file)
--- a/source/steps/MakeInitrd.py
+++ b/source/steps/MakeInitrd.py
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 #
-# $Id$
-# $URL$
-#
 # Copyright (c) 2003 Intel Corporation
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2006 The Trustees of Princeton University
 # All rights reserved.
 
-import os, string
+import os
 
 from Exceptions import *
 import utils
 import systeminfo
-import shutil
 
 # for centos5.3
 # 14:42:27(UTC) No module dm-mem-cache found for kernel 2.6.22.19-vs2.3.0.34.33.onelab, aborting.
@@ -56,7 +52,8 @@ def Run( vars, log ):
 
     # mkinitrd needs /dev and /proc to do the right thing.
     # /proc is already mounted, so bind-mount /dev here
-    utils.sysexec("mount -o bind /dev %s/dev" % SYSIMG_PATH)
+    # looks like this dir somehow already exists under f14
+    utils.sysexec_noerr("mount -o bind /dev %s/dev" % SYSIMG_PATH)
     utils.sysexec("mount -t sysfs none %s/sys" % SYSIMG_PATH)
 
     initrd, kernel_version= systeminfo.getKernelVersion(vars,log)
@@ -67,7 +64,7 @@ def Run( vars, log ):
 
     # hack for CentOS 5.3
     bypassRaidIfNeeded(SYSIMG_PATH)
-    utils.sysexec_chroot( SYSIMG_PATH, "mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-%s.img %s" % \
+    utils.sysexec_chroot( SYSIMG_PATH, "mkinitrd -v --allow-missing /boot/initrd-%s.img %s" % \
                (kernel_version, kernel_version), log )
 
     utils.sysexec_noerr("umount %s/sys" % SYSIMG_PATH)