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walt wrote: |
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> On 06/21/2010 03:37 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>> I don't use initrd and not sure why most people need one... |
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> Good point, and I'd like to know why, too. AFAIK the major use of initrd |
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> is on installation CD's, where the maker of the install disk has no |
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> way of |
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> knowing in advance what hardware/filesystems the "installee" is using, |
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> and |
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> thus must be ready for any surprise. |
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> If this point of view is misguided or incomplete, please hit me with the |
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> cluestick, asap :) |
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> (BTW, hal is never off-topic for Dale. Don't ask why, it's ancient |
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> history |
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> now, just like hal. I don't think Dale is ancient history, though, quite |
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> yet, well, almost ;) |
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It used to be that if you used lvm or something, you needed a initrd. |
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I'm not sure that is the case now. I think I read somewhere that you |
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can use lvm and not use initrd since there is something in the kernel |
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for that now. I have not seen that in the kernel tho so I may have been |
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confusing that with something else. It does happen sometimes. Me being |
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confused that is. lol |
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Thing about genkernel, when a person needs help with a kernel issue, it |
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limits the number of people that can help with the problem. Most people |
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on here can help with kernel issues if the user compiled their own. |
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With genkernel, you don't really know what you are getting. I have even |
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read where people used genkernel and got two different kernels on the |
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same machine. They should be pretty much the same since the hardware is |
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the same. Heck, I rarely change anything when I run make oldconfig. It |
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is more of saying no to stuff I don't have than yes. |
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Hal is much like anything else, it "just works" for most people but |
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others have "issues". I had serious issues with hal. It seemed nothing |
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I did would get it to work. Funny thing is, it works with everything |
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except xorg. Hal works great and always has for everything else. That |
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is one reason I have also told folks doing a fresh install to try it |
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with hal. It works with most people and if it doesn't, everyone knows |
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how to get rid of it. You can't exactly get rid of a kernel now can |
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we? ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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