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>never need an initrd. Generally anything you need to boot can't be |
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>unloaded and reloaded, so there's no point in making it a module, other |
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>than trying to make the kernel smaller. |
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well, if you want to share one kernel between several machines |
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(different hw) you may find it handy (different hw drivers, etc ...) |
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for a poster of the original message - if you use initrd - it is usually |
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ext2 filesystem |
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and that also means that ext2 has to be compiled into the kernel (EVEN |
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if you do not have ANY ext2 partition ...) |
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regards, |
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martin |
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