On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:04:36AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: keanu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:56 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mark Knecht > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] initrd - how to build? > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tuesday 17 June 2003 18:32, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Can anyone point me towards some good instructions on how to build an > > > initrd file? Something Gentoo specific would be most welcome. > > > > > > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036 > > > > its in there, somewhere near the middle :x > > > > Interesting. Is it actually a kernel build option? That's what I see on this > page. I wasn't aware of that. Thanks! > > Here's what I want to do. I was told I need an initrd file. My small home > recording studio is booting from an internal EIDE drive, but doing most > everything else with 1394. All the apps are on the 1394 drive, and the audio > goes on and off of the 1394 drive.
This page looks useful: http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/initrd$.txt Basically, an initrd is good for loading the drivers you need to complete the boot process. I don't know if it'll work for your situation, but another solution that often works is just to build the kernel with the necessary drivers hardwired in (a choice you make when configuring the kernel). Such a kernel can then find the devices and immediately mount the desired root device, without requiring the intermediate step of booting into an initrd and then swapping in a new root drive. Nathan Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
