Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 23 May 2001 15:26:36 +0200 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] struct char_device |
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Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > > From alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Wed May 23 14:16:46 2001 > > > It is entirely possible to remove all partition table handling code > > from the kernel. User space can figure out where the partitions > > are supposed to be and tell the kernel. > > For the initial boot this user space can be in an initrd, > > or it could just be a boot parameter: rootdev=/dev/hda, > > rootpartition:offset=N,length=L, rootfstype=ext3. > > Not if you want compatibility. > > I don't think compatibility is a problem. > It would go like this: at configure time you get the > choice of the default initrd or a custom initrd.
But I don't want an initrd. I want to get the root fs directly from disk the way I always have. Initrd may be useful for install floppies and such, not something I want for an ordinary installed system.
The kernel parameter way is better, just add to lilo.conf and it works. Forcing an initrd is also incompatibility, because I don't use one now.
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