On Freitag, 31. August 2007, Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Quoting Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > if you don't have a strange setup (like raid), an initrd is good for
> > nothing.
>
> $ mount
> /dev/dm-8 on / type reiserfs (rw,noatime)
>
>
> got it??
as I said, 'strange setup' - but even that is not an argument for genkernel. 
only one for initrd.
>
> > oh, and you don't even need genkernel to have an initrd (gasp!).
>
> true... but have you tried to setup an initrd by hand??
>

no, why? If there is a way around them, I'll never use them:

*  sys-apps/mkinitrd
      Latest version available: 4.2.0.3
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest]
      Homepage:    http://www.redhat.com/
      Description: Tools for creating initrd images
      License:     GPL-2

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