tmpfs cleanup (was: Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs)

2001-06-16 Thread Guy Geens
> "Herbert" == Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Herbert> Actually, I use LVM and initrd-tools together and it does Herbert> work. You need to use the provided scripting mechanism to Herbert> mount tmpfs on /etc in order to run vgscan/vgchange. Great! I'm going to try that some time. No

Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs

2001-06-12 Thread Otto Wyss
Sorry I just discovered, that this thread isn't relayed (?!?) to the usenet newsgroup, so I wasn't aware of theses messages. I'm replying in just one message. > > > > Does anyone know if the fs in Grub allows the kernel to load his > > > > necessary fs as modules? I.e. if Grub contains a an ext2

Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs

2001-06-11 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Otto Wyss wrote: > > > > Does anyone know if the fs in Grub allows the kernel to load his > > > necessary fs as modules? I.e. if Grub contains a an ext2 fs, can the > [...] > > Both the kernel and grub don't care about each other, in fact, both > > don't no a thing about the other end [1]. So, ye

Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs

2001-06-11 Thread Herbert Xu
Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried it, but I discovered I couldn't use it: LVM needs a writeable > initrd file system. Actually, I use LVM and initrd-tools together and it does work. You need to use the provided scripting mechanism to mount tmpfs on /etc in order to run vgscan/vgchan

Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs

2001-06-11 Thread Guy Geens
> "Nathan" == Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 09:27:40PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: Otto> Bad luck, so it never will be possible to have a fully Otto> modularized kernel. Nathan> Sure you can ... use an initrd. Check out the initrd-tools package in test

Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs

2001-06-10 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 09:27:40PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: > > > Does anyone know if the fs in Grub allows the kernel to load his > > > necessary fs as modules? I.e. if Grub contains a an ext2 fs, can the > [...] > > Both the kernel and grub don't care about each other, in fact, both > > don't no

Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs

2001-06-10 Thread Otto Wyss
> > Does anyone know if the fs in Grub allows the kernel to load his > > necessary fs as modules? I.e. if Grub contains a an ext2 fs, can the [...] > Both the kernel and grub don't care about each other, in fact, both > don't no a thing about the other end [1]. So, yes, you still need > compiled-

Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs

2001-06-09 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Otto Wyss wrote: > > Does anyone know if the fs in Grub allows the kernel to load his > necessary fs as modules? I.e. if Grub contains a an ext2 fs, can the > kernel load modules from this file system even if the ext2 fs isn't > compiled into the kernel? > > Or since the fs in Grub probably also

Re: Grub: Does it allow for modularized kernel fs

2001-06-09 Thread D-Man
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 12:22:20PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: | Does anyone know if the fs in Grub allows the kernel to load his | necessary fs as modules? I.e. if Grub contains a an ext2 fs, can the | kernel load modules from this file system even if the ext2 fs isn't | compiled into the kernel? | |