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On Thursday 22 February 2007, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: |
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> initrd/initramfs is mostly for distributions who want to compile |
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> everything as module, people with strange settings (like some kind of |
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> raid), or people too stupid to build their own kernel. If you build |
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> your kernel and build everything you need to boot into it, you can |
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> live without that crap. |
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In all fairness, an initramfs and a fully modular kernel is the only |
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realistic way to build a binary distro CDs for redistribution. Or the |
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Gentoo LiveCDs for that matter. We *could* use the slackware approach |
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and supply 10 basic kernels and ask you to choose the most appropriate |
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one, but that never really caught on :-) |
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But you are mostly right, around here in Gentoo-land it's become almost |
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a guerilla rite of passage to be able to drop genkernel and roll your |
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own (raid users excepted of course) |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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