Changeset 2194 in MondoRescue for branches

Timestamp:

May 8, 2009, 2:22:10 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Bruno Cornec

Message:

Some SuSE have ramdisk as modules, so modprobe brd first before testing for ramdisk presence

File:

• branches/2.2.9/mondo/src/common/libmondo-tools.c (modified) (1 diff)

branches/2.2.9/mondo/src/common/libmondo-tools.c

@@ -957 +957 @@
     if (run_program_and_log_output
         ("grep ramdisk /proc/devices", FALSE)) {
-        if (!ask_me_yes_or_no
-            ("Your kernel has no ramdisk support. That's mind-numbingly stupid but I'll allow it if you're planning to use a failsafe kernel. Are you?"))
-        {
-            //          retval++;
-            log_to_screen
-                ("It looks as if your kernel lacks ramdisk and initrd support.");
-            log_to_screen
-                ("I'll allow you to proceed but FYI, if I'm right, your kernel is broken.");
+        /* Some SuSE have ramdisk as modules, so insert it first, then test again */
+        run_program_and_log_output("modprobe brd 2> /dev/null > /dev/null");
+        if (run_program_and_log_output
+            ("grep ramdisk /proc/devices", FALSE)) {
+            if (!ask_me_yes_or_no
+                ("Your kernel has no ramdisk support. That's mind-numbingly stupid but I'll allow it if you're planning to use a failsafe kernel. Are you?"))
+            {
+                //          retval++;
+                log_to_screen
+                    ("It looks as if your kernel lacks ramdisk and initrd support.");
+                log_to_screen
+                    ("I'll allow you to proceed but FYI, if I'm right, your kernel is broken.");
+            }
         }
     }