> I think you miss the point Andon was trying to make: > > You _can_ select whichever filesystem type you want for your root > partition (AFAIK). > > The rule is that whatever filesystem type you select for your root > partition _must_ be built into the kernel. It can't be a loadable > module.
Hah. That's really funny. I didn't even think of that. I dunno, if I need a file system supported I just compile it straight into the kernel. While I realize the benefits of having loadable modules for various things, it doesn't make much sense to me to have the kernel load a VFAT module just so I can mount my windows partition, especially considering that it automounts it at boot. > Consider: how can the kernel load the module that contains the code needed > to access the filesystem, when it can't access the filesystem until the > module is loaded? Yeah. Thanks for pointing that out. Just a bit of short sightedness on my behalf. :) -z-
