Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Sylvain <asm8@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Initrd
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:51:40
Message-Id: 20021021103146.02d78aa1.asm8@iFrance.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Initrd by Paulo Goncalves
1 Hello !
2
3 I am not sure you have to use an initrd file.
4 You just have to put the kernel with right options on a floppy.
5 Just change the kernel option with rdev.
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8 sylvain
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11 Le Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:49:23 -0500
12 "Paulo Goncalves" <paulo404a@×××××××.com> a écrit:
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14 > I installed Gentoo Linux on a scsi (aic7xx) machine
15 > with Windows 2000. I have two HD, one for each OS.
16 >
17 > I don't want to install Grub or Lilo on the HD.
18 > My goal was to boot Linux via a floppy and keep the
19 > Win 2000 boot loader.
20 >
21 > I am having a hard time to boot. Need to create
22 > the initrd file.
23 >
24 > Do you have a utility to create the initrd in your
25 > distribution?
26 >
27 > Do you have a procedure to create it?
28 >
29 > Thanks a lot,
30 > Paulo
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Initrd Christian Skarby <christian@××××××.no>