Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Lee Thompson <bm55b@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] initrd
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 06:14:31
Message-Id: 20051029061259.1024.qmail@web30508.mail.mud.yahoo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] initrd by Dmitri Pogosyan
1 Great write-up on initrd here
2 http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash
3 very cool stuff
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5 --- Dmitri Pogosyan <pogosyan@×××××××××××××.ca> wrote:
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7 > Not really, you can use initramfs in place of
8 > initrd. I have in grub.conf
9 >
10 > title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.13-r3 UDEV
11 > root (hd0,0)
12 > kernel /kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0
13 > ramdisk=16384 init=/linuxrc
14 > real_root=/dev/sda2 vga=3847 udev
15 > initrd /initramfs-2.6.13-gentoo-r3
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20 > > Dear list,
21 > > I have just started using Gentoo and up-to-now am
22 > impressed. I have
23 > > generated a kernel using 'genkernel' and the
24 > kernel is in /boot.
25 > > However, I do not have 'initrd' but 'initramfs'.
26 > is this a problem or
27 > > should I modify grub appropriately?
28 > > Gavin.
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36 > Associate Professor University of Alberta
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