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4.65. mkinitrd
Updated mkinitrd packages that fix one bug are now available Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The mkinitrd packages provide a utility to create the initrd file system image. The initrd image is an initial RAM disk that is loaded by a boot loader before the Linux kernel is started.
Bug Fix
- BZ#963559
- Due to a bug in the libblkid library, the grubby utility could terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when attempting to install multiple kernels in succession. This update uses the new version of libblkid and grubby now works as expected in the described scenario.
All users of mkinitrd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.
Updated mkinitrd packages that fix one bug are now available Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The mkinitrd packages provide a utility to create the initrd file system image. The initrd image is an initial RAM disk that is loaded by a boot loader before the Linux kernel is started.
Bug Fix
- BZ#1009239
- After upgrading the nss package to version 3.14.3, systems with FIPS mode enabled did not boot, displaying the following message:Error initializing NSS.This was due to a missing library in the initrd image. This update adds the libsqlite3 library to the initrd image, and systems now boot correctly when FIPS mode is enabled.
All users of mkinitrd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.
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