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On Mittwoch, 21. Februar 2007, pat wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I have question about ramfs and if it is necessary. I have notebook with |
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> SATA drive. I generate kernel with genkernel and it generates initramfs |
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> file too. My question is if this is realy necessary and if not, what I have |
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> to do. And if it is necessary where I can find good documentation (samples, |
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> explanation, etc.). |
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> And next question is: hat is difference between ramfs and initrd ??? Is it |
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> the same thing or not ... ??? |
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> Thanks a lot. |
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> Pat |
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you don't need initrd. You don't need initramfs. You don't need to use |
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genkernel (IMHO genkernel is evil). And you don't need ramfs. |
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initrd/initramfs is mostly for distributions who want to compile everything as |
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module, people with strange settings (like some kind of raid), or people too |
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stupid to build their own kernel. If you build your kernel and build |
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everything you need to boot into it, you can live without that crap. |
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Conclusions |
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In a straight-up fight, the Empire squashes the Federation like a bug. Even |
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with its numerical advantage removed, the Empire would still squash the |
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Federation like a bug. Accept it. -Michael Wong |
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