Yes, but I guess it would be wrong, I followed these steps:

http://docs.slackware.com/es:slackwa...tema_slackware

/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh

It returns this:


bash-5.1# /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh
#
# mkinitrd_command_generator.sh revision 1.45
#
# This script will now make a recommendation about the command to use
# in case you require an initrd image to boot a kernel that does not
# have support for your storage or root filesystem built in
# (such as the Slackware 'generic' kernels').
# A suitable 'mkinitrd' command will be:

mkinitrd -c -k 5.15.63 -f ext4 -r /dev/sda7 -m usb-storage:ehci-hcd:ehci-pci:xhci-pcihci-pci:xhci-hcd:uhci-hcd:hid:usbhid:i2c-hid:hid_generic:hid-asus:hid-cherry:hid-logitech:hid-logitech-dj:hid-logitech-hidpp:hid-lenovo:hid-microsoft:hid_multitouch:jbd2:mbcache:crc32c_intel:crc32c_generic:ext4 -u -o /boot/initrd.gz
bash-5.1#

Then I pass the script which gives me:

bash-5.1# mkinitrd -c -k 5.15.63 -f ext4 -r /dev/sda7 -m usb-storage:ehci-hcd:ehci-pci:xhci-pcihci-pci:xhci-hcd:uhci-hcd:hid:usbhid:i2c-hid:hid_generic:hid-asus:hid-cherry:hid-logitech:hid-logitech-dj:hid-logitech-hidpp:hid-lenovo:hid-microsoft:hid_multitouch:jbd2:mbcache:crc32c_intel:crc32c_generic:ext4 -u -o /boot/initrd.gz
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/xhci-hcd.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci-renesas.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.ko added.
WARNING: Could not find firmware "/lib/firmware/renesas_usb_fw.mem"
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ohci-pci.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/xhci-hcd.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-generic.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/input/sparse-keymap.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-asus.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-cherry.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-logitech.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-dj.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-lenovo.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-microsoft.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/fs/jbd2/jbd2.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/fs/jbd2/jbd2.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko added.
OK: /lib/modules/5.15.63/kernel/fs/ext4/ext4.ko added.
63890 bloques
/boot/initrd.gz created.
Be sure to run lilo again if you use it.
bash-5.1#

This may be wrong because it is for elilo not refind, refind may require another command.

This command creates an initrd.gz, which is used (if needed / wanted) by all boot loaders. You create an entry in the bootloader's indicating to use the initrd.gz. For example here is a snippet from my refind.conf

What I typically do is create a mkinitrd.conf, Slackware includes template / sample file. then you can just simple do mkinitrd -F -k 5.19.12 (for example)

Then once you generate the initrd.gz you can simple put it on the esp volume... (wherever the refind.conf in this case, is expecting to find it).

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in the rEFInd home boot menu you can select your Slackware instance with arrow keys or mouse then hit F2 and you will get a pull down menu.

in that menu select the huge kernel and it should boot then you can fix the initrd problem as you like.

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Hello, I can boot without problem with all the options, the problem is with the generic kernel only, when booting with the generic one I find a kernel panic.

Generic kernel requires the use of initrd.gz

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Yes, I know and I have created it, but apparently I need to put it in the refind.conf and that is what I don't know how to do, I am looking at it

the refind.conf has example entries like the one I shared.

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Hi, because of those translation things I don't really understand what you mean, do I have to configure the refind.conf file?

Yes, I am looking at it but I do not understand very well those examples or where I have to put it

If you need to use an initrd.gz (in this case to use the generic kernel) then you make entries in the refind.conf.

On my computer I have a refind.conf, here

/boot/efi/EFI/refind/refind.conf

You might need to read through some documentation or use the examples in the conf.

see:
usr/share/rEFInd-0.13.3.1/refind/refind.conf-sample
At least, inside of my refind package, such a file exists.

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Yes I also have it here /boot/efi/EFI/refind/refind.conf

I've been looking for a while, but I don't understand the examples, or where I have to put it, or what I have to put

I have put this at the end of refind.conf, but it is still the same with kernel panic





menuentry Slackware {
icon EFI/icons/slackware-banner.png
loader EFI/vmlinuz.efi
initrd EFI/initrd.gz
}

Over here, I have /boot/efi/EFI/vmlinuz.efi and I also have /boot/efi/EFI/initrd.gz.

to get that I copied over the generic kernel from /boot/ (making sure to copy the actual kernel and not a symlink) and renamed it to vmlinuz.efi. Then I copied the /boot/initrd.gz that I generated like the example above.

Also, you'll need to select the correct entry, in the refind boot menu (when refind comes up on boot).

NOTE I've been assuming that the initrd that you generated has the modules you need to boot, if this is not the case, you will certainly have kernel panics that will not be resolved until your initrd is correct or you change kernels.

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Wow, now I know even less. I'm sorry but I'm retiring, I really appreciate how you all have turned to me, but I'm stuck and I don't understand anything, it's weird because I usually find out everything because I have a lot of insistence, but I can't find it or understand it.

I will leave the hugues kernel and that's it.

I had only handled grub and in grub they were always as simple as update-grub. I know that slackware is something else and I love it and I'm passionate about it, but I'm not going to waste your time anymore because I'm not understanding it and that, as I told you, I'm smart, I've never used slackware and I just installed it and install all the programs, proprietary drivers, virtualbox, steam, etc, etc without having to ask, at the last, when I had everything set up, I started asking the things that eluded me and I'm going to continue with slackware because I love it, but I don't understand how to make it boot with the generic kernel, as much as I try I don't understand it, so I'll continue with hugue and that's it.

Thanks for everything. Greetings.

Your mkinitrd generator outputs: "-o /boot/initrd.gz" and your refind.conf file points to EFI/initrd.gz
Make sure refind.conf points to correct file.

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