Re: [gentoo-user] ramfs - is it necessary ???

[pat]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:13:56 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote
> On Mittwoch, 21. Februar 2007, pat wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have question about ramfs and if it is necessary. I have notebook with
> > SATA drive. I generate kernel with genkernel and it generates initramfs
> > file too. My question is if this is realy necessary and if not, what I have
> > to do. And if it is necessary where I can find good documentation (samples,
> > explanation, etc.).
> >
> > And next question is: hat is difference between ramfs and initrd ??? Is it
> > the same thing or not ... ???
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> > 	Pat
>
> you don't need initrd. You don't need initramfs. You don't need to
> use genkernel (IMHO genkernel is evil). And you don't need ramfs.
>
> initrd/initramfs is mostly for distributions who want to compile
> everything as module, people with strange settings (like some kind
> of raid), or people too stupid to build their own kernel. If you
> build your kernel and build everything you need to boot into it, you
> can live without that crap.
>

... so the initramfs is not necessary for the SATA drive when it is not a
module ??? Because I think I need it because of the SATA drive.

Thanks

     Pat

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