Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: COMPILING AND CONFIGURING A NEW KERNEL. | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:42:54 -0400 |
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On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:26:45 PDT, johnrobertbanks@fastmail.fm said: > > YOU SHOULD compile all the drivers necessary to boot your system, into > the kernel (ie, such drivers should not be built as modules). > > This way you will NOT need an initrd file.
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.... [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |