hi ya
i say initrd is not generally needed ... my simplistic view... i use initrd only when i am booting a scsi system from a ide-based kernel ( same as lots of distros ) if scsi is built into the kernel, you wont need initrd ?? most people compile the ide drivers into their kernel initrd is good to boot into if you need to load other modules in order for the system to recognize the hardware and amd-kernels are very picky about its instruction set that it uses vs running ix86 based kernels on amd boxes and vice versa .. it supposed to be compatible but its not always interchangeable.... c ya alvin On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, bob parker wrote: > hi Debian-users, > > I installed Woody and got the default 2.2.20-idepci kernel. > Later I updated that to 2.4.18-k7 kernel using apt-get. > Then just for fun I compiled a 2.4.19 from tarball making the > .config from what came with the 2.4.18 kernel without any > changes. I did the make modules, make modules_install etc. > > I had to mkinitrd in order to get this new kernel to boot. > > What are the pros and cons of initrd? > And also, if not use it, how to configure the kernel to > do without it? > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
