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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 distributions) |
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> 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 one |
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needs an initrd/initramfs: |
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1) Your / fs is encrypted and/or located on a logical volume or soft raid |
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device. |
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2) You need a propietary driver module for getting at your / fs. |
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> "Bad" thing is, that they compile |
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> way too much (which only harms in so far, as it makes the time needed |
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> for compiling stuff longer and makes /lib/modules bigger than it needs |
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> to be). |
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True. |
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Bye... |
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Dirk |
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