Recommended update for mkinitrd

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mkinitrd
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1326-1
Rating: moderate
References: #803760 #805059 #814692
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for mkinitrd provides the following fixes:

    * Add a udev rule to fix HyperV VM migration from
    Windows 2008/2012 to Windows 2012R2 hosts
    * Fix network configuration when using iBFT
    * Do not add duplicate static IPs
    * Recognize default network interface if more than one
    is present
    * Support /dev/md/ subdir in setup-storage.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mkinitrd-8167
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mkinitrd-8167
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-mkinitrd-8167

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.57.61.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.57.61.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.57.61.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/803760
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/805059
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/814692
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=872fe885031891c28f00d8037225383c