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From: "Hemmann, Volker Armin" <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ramfs - is it necessary ???
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:13:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200702220113.56624.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45DCCAED.40709@xvalheru.org>

On Mittwoch, 21. Februar 2007, pat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have question about ramfs and if it is necessary. I have notebook with
> SATA drive. I generate kernel with genkernel and it generates initramfs
> file too. My question is if this is realy necessary and if not, what I have
> to do. And if it is necessary where I can find good documentation (samples,
> explanation, etc.).
>
> And next question is: hat is difference between ramfs and initrd ??? Is it
> the same thing or not ... ???
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> 	Pat

you don't need initrd. You don't need initramfs. You don't need to use 
genkernel (IMHO genkernel is evil). And you don't need ramfs.

initrd/initramfs is mostly for distributions who want to compile everything as 
module, people with strange settings (like some kind of raid), or people too 
stupid to build their own kernel. If you build your kernel and build 
everything you need to boot into it, you can live without that crap.

-- 
Conclusions 
 In a straight-up fight, the Empire squashes the Federation like a bug. Even 
with its numerical advantage removed, the Empire would still squash the 
Federation like a bug. Accept it. -Michael Wong 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-02-22  0:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-21 22:42 [gentoo-user] ramfs - is it necessary ??? pat
2007-02-21 23:16 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-02-22  0:08   ` pat
2007-02-22  0:25     ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-02-22  0:41       ` pat
2007-02-22 10:07         ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-02-22  7:45       ` Alan McKinnon
2007-02-22 10:08         ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-02-22 10:56           ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-02-22 11:05           ` Alan McKinnon
2007-02-22 18:12           ` Neil Bothwick
2007-02-23  7:11             ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-02-23  9:36               ` Neil Bothwick
2007-02-22  0:13 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin [this message]
2007-02-22  0:29   ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-02-22  0:39   ` pat
2007-02-22  1:50     ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2007-02-22 10:08     ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
     [not found]     ` <200702220958.49233.alan@linuxholdings.co.za>
2007-02-22 10:08       ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-02-22  7:50   ` Alan McKinnon
2007-02-22  8:14     ` Neil Bothwick
     [not found]       ` <200702221108.31090.alan@linuxholdings.co.za>
2007-02-22  9:18         ` pat
     [not found]           ` <200702220411.04512.bss03@volumehost.net>
2007-02-22 12:02             ` pat

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