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kdepfyffer · May 23rd, 2005, 10:57 PM

I'm sure I'm going to get an rtfm but what the heck. First of all I'm a total noob.
I don't have a dedicated machine to test fedora betas so I run it on my USB drive.
after getting tired of typing everything in to create a kernel image i decided to create a script.
my script works but I want it to be even easier than it is now. Here's what I'm using.

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#!/bin/sh
# writen by Kevin dePfyffer - kdepfyffer@depfyffer.com
# because I was tired of typing it all in :-)
ls /lib/modules
echo "enter the kernel version you would like to use"
read kernel
/sbin/mkinitrd --preload=ehci-hcd --preload=usb-storage --preload=scsi_mod --preload=sd_mod /boot/initrd.''$kernel''.usb.img ''$kernel''
echo "please update your /boot/grub/grub.conf before you reboot"

yes I know its simple and lame but hey I'm new to the whole shell stuff.
Is there any way for me to create a menu (1. 2. 3. etc) from the ls command then use read
and an if statement to get $kernel.
bonus question,
how can I pipe something like this to the end of grub.conf (without overwriting of course)
title Fedora Core ("$kenel"-usb)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-"$kernel" ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd.''$kernel''.usb.img

May 23rd, 2005, 10:57 PM	#1
kdepfyffer Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	fedora USB create boot image script I'm sure I'm going to get an rtfm but what the heck. First of all I'm a total noob. I don't have a dedicated machine to test fedora betas so I run it on my USB drive. after getting tired of typing everything in to create a kernel image i decided to create a script. my script works but I want it to be even easier than it is now. Here's what I'm using. (Toggle Plain Text) #!/bin/sh # writen by Kevin dePfyffer - kdepfyffer@depfyffer.com # because I was tired of typing it all in :-) ls /lib/modules echo "enter the kernel version you would like to use" read kernel /sbin/mkinitrd --preload=ehci-hcd --preload=usb-storage --preload=scsi_mod --preload=sd_mod /boot/initrd.''$kernel''.usb.img ''$kernel'' echo "please update your /boot/grub/grub.conf before you reboot" #!/bin/sh # writen by Kevin dePfyffer - kdepfyffer@depfyffer.com # because I was tired of typing it all in :-) ls /lib/modules echo "enter the kernel version you would like to use" read kernel /sbin/mkinitrd --preload=ehci-hcd --preload=usb-storage --preload=scsi_mod --preload=sd_mod /boot/initrd.''$kernel''.usb.img ''$kernel'' echo "please update your /boot/grub/grub.conf before you reboot" yes I know its simple and lame but hey I'm new to the whole shell stuff. Is there any way for me to create a menu (1. 2. 3. etc) from the ls command then use read and an if statement to get $kernel. bonus question, how can I pipe something like this to the end of grub.conf (without overwriting of course) title Fedora Core ("$kenel"-usb) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-"$kernel" ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet initrd /initrd.''$kernel''.usb.img

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