diff -r 4ad317429111 -r e82e67a38b9c install.sh
--- a/install.sh	Sun Apr  2 15:16:53 2006
+++ b/install.sh	Mon Apr  3 13:26:22 2006
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@
 (cd $tmp; tar -cf - *) | tar --no-same-owner -C "$dst" -xf -
 rm -rf "$tmp"
 
+if [ -x "$(which mkinitrd)" ] && [ -x "$(which depmod)" ] && [ $dst == '/' ]; then
+  cd $src/lib/modules
+  for i in *; do
+    cd ->/dev/null
+    cd $dst/boot
+    echo " - attempting to create initrd-$i.img..."
+    depmod $i
+    if $dst/etc/xen/scripts/mkinitrd-wrapper -o initrd-$i.img -v $i; then
+      ln -s -f initrd-$i.img initrd-2.6-xen.img
+      echo "    - success."
+    else
+      echo "    - failed. You may need to create an initrd manually."
+    fi
+  done
+  cd ->/dev/null
+else
+  echo " - you may need to create an initrd manually."
+fi
+
 echo "All done."
 
 echo "Checking to see whether prerequisite tools are installed..."
diff -r 4ad317429111 -r e82e67a38b9c tools/examples/Makefile
--- a/tools/examples/Makefile	Sun Apr  2 15:16:53 2006
+++ b/tools/examples/Makefile	Mon Apr  3 13:26:22 2006
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 XEN_SCRIPTS += block-enbd block-nbd
 XEN_SCRIPTS += vtpm vtpm-delete
 XEN_SCRIPTS += xen-hotplug-cleanup
+XEN_SCRIPTS += mkinitrd-wrapper
 XEN_SCRIPT_DATA = xen-script-common.sh locking.sh logging.sh
 XEN_SCRIPT_DATA += xen-hotplug-common.sh xen-network-common.sh vif-common.sh
 XEN_SCRIPT_DATA += block-common.sh vtpm-common.sh vtpm-hotplug-common.sh
diff -r 4ad317429111 -r e82e67a38b9c tools/examples/mkinitrd-wrapper
--- /dev/null	Sun Apr  2 15:16:53 2006
+++ b/tools/examples/mkinitrd-wrapper	Mon Apr  3 13:26:22 2006
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+usage()
+{
+	cat >&2 << EOF
+
+Usage: $0 -o output_file -v version_string
+
+Call the distro mkinitrd using the distro-specific syntax.
+
+Options:
+  -o output_file    The pathname of the created initrd file.
+  -v version_string The version of the kernel for which to create the initrd.
+EOF
+	exit 1
+}
+
+while getopts "o:v:" flag; do
+	case $flag in
+	o)
+		output_file="${OPTARG}"
+		got_output_file=yes
+		;;
+	v)
+		version_string="${OPTARG}"
+		got_version_string=yes
+		;;
+	*)
+		usage
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
+shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
+
+if ! [ $got_output_file ] || ! [ $got_version_string ] || [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+	usage
+fi
+
+if   [ -e /etc/debian_version ]; then
+	distro="debian-derived"
+else
+	distro="unknown"
+fi
+
+case $distro in
+"debian-derived")
+	mkinitrd -o $output_file $version_string
+	;;
+"unknown")
+	echo "Sorry don't know how to call mkinitrd on your distro."
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac