On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 13:30 +0100, Wael Nasreddine wrote:
> This One Time, at Band Camp, John covici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said,
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 07:23:04AM -0500:
> > Do I still need to do what I have been doing -- using genkernel to
> > generate the initial ram disk or should I skip this step?
> Yes it is the same as vesafb, though you should install
> sys-apps/v86d and make sure you have
> CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/usr/share/v86d/initramfs" in your kernel
> config...
It depends how early you want the splash screen to come up. It should
work without the initramfs, but you'll get a few kernel text messages go
by first.
cya,
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