Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: initrd [was: Linux-2.1.92 - Feature Freeze] | Date | Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:20:26 +0100 (BST) |
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> With just a change-root system call, initrd and nfsroot aren't needed.. > (See ftp:/ftp.cistron.nl//pub/people/miquels/kernel/Old/new_root_diffs)
NFS is sort of needed because you may not have any media to contain the original root except a boot time ram disk (ie initrd). I agree there is a lot of the rest of initrd could go
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