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SubjectRe: Initramfs
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On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 07:19, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Support replacing "initrd=" with "initramfs=", so that bootloaders can
> pass a cpio image into the standard initrd memory space.

That would be nice to have, but it would also increase the pressure to
fix the cpio unpacker. At least right now, its deficiencies don't cause
many problems, because initramfs is less than convenient to use.

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