[Gllug] initrd images & building 2.6.x kernels

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Mon Sep 12 00:10:40 UTC 2005


On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, Martin A. Brooks yowled:
> Sarah Ewen skrev:
>> I'm pretty sure I need an initrd img, particularly as I'm trying to
>> build the suspend2 patch on it, and need all my ide support as modules,
>> as far as I'm aware.
> 
> initrds are seriously ugly hacks that really only have one practical
> use: bootstrapping an installation and getting your system up and
> running.

... and running a root filesystem on RAID or LVM.

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