The mkinitrd command doesn't work if there is a symbolic link under /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates

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Issue

  • The mkinitrd command doesn't work if there is a symbolic link under /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates

    # mkinitrd /tmp/test.img `uname -r`
unable to stat -f: No such file or directory
unable to stat -f: No such file or directory
No module poooo found for kernel 2.6.18-194.el5, aborting.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
  • mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61

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