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Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: |
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> On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 07:59 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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> > Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Michael Schmarck: |
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> > > Nice thing about genkernel (and other such tools in other |
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> > > distributions) is, that they also create an initrd. |
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> > Even though most users don't need one. There are only two cases where |
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> > one needs an initrd/initramfs: |
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> > |
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> > 1) Your / fs is encrypted and/or located on a logical volume or soft |
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> > raid device. |
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> > |
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> > 2) You need a propietary driver module for getting at your / fs. |
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> what about making a nice flash splash?! I think you need an initrd for |
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> that too. |
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Nobody really needs this, it's just eyecandy. Doesn't count :-) |
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Bye... |
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Dirk |
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