Slackware 14.2slackware-14.2

Thu Jun 30 20:26:57 UTC 2016
Slackware 14.2 x86_64 stable is released!

The long development cycle (the Linux community has lately been living in
"interesting times", as they say) is finally behind us, and we're proud to
announce the release of Slackware 14.2.  The new release brings many updates
and modern tools, has switched from udev to eudev (no systemd), and adds
well over a hundred new packages to the system.  Thanks to the team, the
upstream developers, the dedicated Slackware community, and everyone else
who pitched in to help make this release a reality.

The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.  Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com.  We're taking
pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription.

Have fun!  :-)

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+'\" t
+.\"     Title: mkinitrd_command_generator
+.\"    Author: Eric Hameleers
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\"      Date: 2016-02-07
+.\"    Manual: Slackware Tools
+.\"    Source: http://www.slackware.com 1.40
+.\"  Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "MKINITRD_COMMAND_GEN" "8" "2016-02-07" "http://www\&.slackware\&.com" "Slackware Tools"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el       .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+mkinitrd_command_generator \- mkinitrd the easy way
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+mkinitrd_command_generator\&.sh [ \fIoptions\fR ] [ \fIkernel_filename\fR ]
+.fi
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\fB\-a \fR\fB\fIadditional params\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+Additional parameters to pass to mkinitrd\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-c | \-\-conf\fR
+.RS 4
+Show a suitable mkinitrd configuration file\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-h | \-\-help\fR
+.RS 4
+Show this help\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-i | \-\-interactive\fR
+.RS 4
+Navigate through menus instead of using commandline arguments\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-longhelp\fR
+.RS 4
+Show more detailed information/examples\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-k \fR\fB\fIkernelversion\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+Use specific kernel version\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-m \fR\fB\fIadditional mods\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+Additional modules to pass to mkinitrd, separated by colons (:)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-l | \-\-lilo\fR
+.RS 4
+Only show lilo\&.conf section (requires a kernel_filename)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-r | \-\-run\fR
+.RS 4
+Only show
+\fImkinitrd\fR
+command\&.
+.RE
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.sp
+This script is useful in situations where you require an initrd image to boot your computer\&.
+.sp
+For instance, when booting a kernel that does not have support for your storage or root filesystem built in (such as the Slackware \fIgeneric\fR kernels)\&.
+.sp
+When you run the script without parameters, it will examine your running system, your current kernel version and will output an example of a \fImkinitrd\fR commandline that you can use to generate an initrd image containing enough driver support to boot the computer\&.
+.sp
+You can make it more specific: when you add the filename of a kernel as parameter to the script, it will determine the kernel version from that kernel, and also give an example of the lines that you should add to your \fI/etc/lilo\&.conf\fR file\&.
+.sp
+If you want your initrd image to have a custom name instead of the default \fI/boot/initrd\&.gz\fR you can add it as another parameter to the script, as follows:
+.sp
+mkinitrd_command_generator\&.sh \-a "\-o \fI/boot/custom\&.gz\fR"
+.sp
+The arguments to the \fI\-a\fR parameter will be used as additional arguments to the \fImkinitrd\fR command\&.
+.sp
+If you need additional modules in the initrd image, apart from what the script determines, you can pass then to the script using the \fI\-m\fR parameter as follows:
+.sp
+mkinitrd_command_generator\&.sh \-m "uhci\-hcd:usbhid:hid:hid\-generic"
+.sp
+The above example adds support for USB keyboards to the initrd \- you may need that if you have encrypted your root partition and need to enter a passphrase using a USB keyboard\&.
+.sp
+Instead of copying and pasting the script\(cqs output, you can create an initrd by directly executing the output, like in this example:
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+$(mkinitrd_command_generator\&.sh \-\-run /boot/vmlinuz\-generic\-4\&.4\&.1)
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.sp
+That used the \fI\-r\fR or \fI\-\-run\fR switch to make the script only write the \fImkinitrd\fR commandline to the terminal\&.
+.sp
+When you want to add a section for a specific kernel to \fI/etc/lilo\&.conf\fR directly, use the \fI\-l\fR or \fI\-\-lilo\fR switch and use a command like in this example:
+.sp
+mkinitrd_command_generator\&.sh \-\-lilo /boot/vmlinuz\-generic\-smp\-4\&.4\&.1 >>/etc/lilo\&.conf
+.sp
+That command will result in the following lines being added to your \fI/etc/lilo\&.conf\fR file (example for my hardware):
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+\fI# Linux bootable partition config begins\fR
+\fI# initrd created with \*(Aqmkinitrd \-c \-k 4\&.4\&.1 \-m mbcache:jbd2:ext4 \-f ext4 \-r /dev/sda7 \-u \-o /boot/initrd\&.gz\fR\*(Aq
+image = /boot/vmlinuz\-generic\-4\&.4\&.1
+initrd = /boot/initrd\&.gz
+root = /dev/sda7
+label = 4\&.4\&.1
+read\-only
+\fI# Linux bootable partition config ends\fR
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.sp
+The last two examples show how easy it is to configure your computer for the use of an initrd if you need one\&. The only thing left to do afterwards is running \fIlilo\fR\&.
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+\fB0\fR Success
+\fB1\fR Failure
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.SH "FILES"
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator\&.sh
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.SH "BUGS"
+.sp
+Report bugs to Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware\&.com>
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+mkinitrd(1), lilo\&.conf(1)
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+\fBEric Hameleers\fR
+.RS 4
+Author.
+.RE