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Hi, |
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short note at the start: Don't hijack other threads (like you did |
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here), don't answer a mailing list mail but write a new one to the |
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list, when you want to start a new thread. |
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On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:32:52 -0400 "K. Mike Bradley" <kmb@××××××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> Can anyone tell me why the latest Gentoo uses initramfs but it is |
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> loaded by GRUB using initrd? |
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> I though the initramfs was to be compressed into the kernel image? |
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It can be, but it hasn't to. The kernel checks a few magic bytes in |
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order to check whether ram disk data placed by the bootloader into |
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memory is actually an initramfs or a full blown initrd (which can |
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contain any filesystem). Initramfs is the suggested replace mechanism |
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and is basically a compressed cpio archive. The method how it gets into |
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memory when booting hasn't changed, or better: is still compatible. |
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-hwh |
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