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> It is quite possible to build a kernel that has all the drivers built-in, > but still require an initrd file. For instance, if you have a recent > RedHat or Fedora system, '/' may very well be on an LVM partition, which > means you need an initrd to do a 'lvm varyonvg' before mounting your real > root filesystem will work.... Thanks Valdis, Thats interesting, I didn't know that. Do you know if deb-pkg and rpm-pkg take care of creating the initrd automatically. I seriously doubt they do. Actually, I guess I only need to compile another kernel to find out. John. -- johnrobertbanks@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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