You might need to install faad2 from rpmfusion and id3v2.

$ python m4aconvert.py *.plist

From the NEWS file:

dracut-005
==========
- add dcb support to dracut's FCoE support
- add readonly overlay support for dmsquash
- add keyboard kernel modules
- dracut.conf: added add_dracutmodules
- add /etc/dracut.conf.d
- add preliminary IPv6 support
- bugfixes

dracut-004
==========
- dracut-lib: read multiple lines from $init/etc/cmdline
- lsinitrd and mkinitrd
- dmsquash: add support for loopmounted *.iso files
- lvm: add rd_LVM_LV and "--poll n"
- user suspend support
- add additional drivers in host-only mode, too
- improved emergency shell
- support for compressed kernel modules
- support for loading Xen modules
- rdloaddriver kernel command line parameter
- man pages for dracut-catimages and dracut-gencmdline
- bugfixes

To test it on Fedora 12 do (it might take some time until the update is pushed and mirrors are synced):

# yum –enablerepo=updates-testing update dracut
# mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-old-$(uname -r).img
# dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

Here are the major changes compared to dracut-002:

• debian package modules
• dracut.conf manpage
• module 90multipath
• module 01fips
• crypt: ignore devices in /etc/crypttab (root is not in there) unless rd_NO_CRYPTTAB is specified
• kernel-modules: add scsi_dh scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc
• multinic support
• s390 zfcp support
• s390 dasd support
• s390 network support
• strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
• redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
• new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
• fixed dracut-gencmdline for root=UUID or LABEL
• do not destroy assembled raid arrays if mdadm.conf present
• mount /dev/shm
• let udevd not resolve group and user names
• preserve timestamps of tools on initramfs generation
• generate symlinks for binaries correctly
• moved network from udev to initqueue
• mount nfs3 with nfsvers=3 option and retry with nfsvers=2
• fixed nbd initqueue-finished
• improved debug output: specifying "rdinitdebug" now logs to dmesg, console and /init.log
• strip kernel modules which have no x bit set
• redirect stdin, stdout, stderr all RW to /dev/console so the user can use "less" to view /init.log and dmesg
• make install of new dm/lvm udev rules optionally
• new device mapper udev rules and dmeventd
• Fix LiveCD boot regression
• bail out if selinux policy could not be loaded and selinux=0 not specified on kernel command line
• do not cleanup dmraids
• copy over lvm.conf

 The trick is, to open zenity with an extra file descriptor in "--listen" mode. So you can change the state of the notification dynamically. Here is the simple shell script. Maybe you can tweak it for your needs.

How to get started, if you want to test.

On Fedora 11 or Fedora rawhide (you might have to wait until the mirrors catch up):

# yum install dracut-0.3

or download the tarball: http://harald.fedorapeople.org/downloads/dracut/dracut-0.3.tar.bz2

# tar xzf dracut-0.3.tar.bz2
# cd dracut-0.3
# make install sbindir=/sbin sysconfdir=/etc

To generate a initramfs image, run:

# dracut <imagename> <kernel version>

to overwrite an existing image:

# dracut -f <imagename> <kernel version>

Update:
Ok, it seems the debug dracut module wants to be installed automatically, due to a bug.
You either have all binaries which are needed by the dracut debug module, or create the images with:

# dracut --omit debug <imagename> <kernel version>

Try to boot from that image by modifying /etc/grub.conf. Be sure to have a fallback entry.

If you want to boot from network have a look at the manpage.  Basically everything can be specified on the kernel command line.

Bug reports can be send directly to me (harald@redhat.com) until dracut appears in the bugzilla component list.

Further information about dracut: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/dracut/wiki

As Dave Jones started talking about months ago at Kernel Summit and LPC, there's a lot of duplication between distros on the tools used to generate the initramfs as well as the contents and how the initramfs works. Ultimately, there's little reason for this not to be something that is shared and worked on by everyone. Added to this is the fact that everyone's infrastructures for this have grown up over a long-ish period of time without significant amounts of reworking for the way that the kernel and early boot works these days.

Therefore Jeremy Katz started on a project, dracut, to be a new initramfs tool that can be used across various distributions.

End of March I took over the project. To open up the development and keep it distribution neutral, I created a sourceforge project. Somehow interest in dracut faded and development stalled. Though, the current state allows booting from several distributions, there is still a lot to do. Have a look at the trac wiki and the TODO page, if you want to help. Using dracut and obsoleting nash/mkinitrd is a Fedora Feature for F12, so any help is appreciated.

To make this task easier I wrote a small python script. It needs pybluez and bluez.

# yum install pybluez bluez

Then you can start the python script as root:

# python dialup-bluetooth.py

It first searches for all bluetooth devices, which provide the Dialup Service, and displays a list, where you can select your mobile.

Then it calls rfcomm and creates a rfcomm tty, which is bound to the bluetooth channel, and inserts a fake serial modem to hal with hal-device.

This triggers NetworkManager, and after 2 seconds your mobile phone should be displayed in the NetworkManager list as a GSM device, which you can configure and use in NetworkManager.

Maybe someone feels like doing a clean implementation, using the D-BUS interface for bluetooth, hal and NetworkManager.

Have fun!