How to ADD one module to initrd using mkinitrd

You do not need to worry about all the already installed modules. To begin with, boot into the rescue disk.

chroot /mnt/sysimage      # this is for Fedora specifically - YMMV
cp /boot/initrd-2.26.27.24-78.2.53-fc9.x86_64.img \
     /boot/initrd-2.26.27.24-78.2.53-fc9.x86_64.old
mkinitrd --preload ahci -f /boot/initrd-2.26.27.24-78.2.53-fc9.x86_64.img \
     2.26.27.24-78.2.53-fc9.x86_64

exit and reboot the system.

slick

You don't have to worry about all the modprobes before the "driver initialization"

ignore  --> use the --preload *MODNAME* in the arguments to mkinitrd
ignore  --> for all the rest use --with

JUST add a --preload ahci

helpful links:

http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg21104.html
http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?p=886204

On a Debian system, you edit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, and put one module name per line into the file. Then you run "mkinitramfs" and voila, it's done.

For Fedora, just put the module name in /etc/modprobe.conf and run mkinitrd. See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems.

How to ADD one module to initrd using mkinitrd

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