From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HKUfr-0002RN-Ub for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:17:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l1N7Fkbd002539; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:15:46 GMT Received: from mgw-ext12.nokia.com (smtp.nokia.com [131.228.20.171]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l1N7BL0B029938 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:11:21 GMT Received: from esebh105.NOE.Nokia.com (esebh105.ntc.nokia.com [172.21.138.211]) by mgw-ext12.nokia.com (Switch-3.2.5/Switch-3.2.5) with ESMTP id l1N78vxW031233 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:09:11 +0200 Received: from esebh104.NOE.Nokia.com ([172.21.143.34]) by esebh105.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:11:07 +0200 Received: from esebh101.NOE.Nokia.com ([172.21.138.177]) by esebh104.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:11:07 +0200 Received: from louisa.europe.nokia.com ([172.25.104.26]) by esebh101.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:11:07 +0200 From: Dirk Heinrichs Organization: Capgemini Deutschland GmbH To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ramfs - is it necessary ??? Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:11:07 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <45DCCAED.40709@xvalheru.org> <200702220408.23312.bss03@volumehost.net> <20070222181249.2747284e@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070222181249.2747284e@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1292415.54WaPZ2G0g"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200702230811.07486.ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Feb 2007 07:11:07.0795 (UTC) FILETIME=[C9FD0630:01C75719] X-eXpurgate-Category: 1/0 X-eXpurgate-ID: 149371::070223090911-756DDBB0-4A44B5F8/0-0/0-1 X-Nokia-AV: Clean X-Archives-Salt: 66a988c5-73a6-4f4e-83c2-4b8db0a32614 X-Archives-Hash: 76cc149667d8c9d8d5a3d564279101ca --nextPart1292415.54WaPZ2G0g Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2007 schrieb ext Neil Bothwick: > On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:08:23 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > I am fairly certain I was still using my custom initrd (not an > > initramfs) until 2.6.17 -- I'm fairly sure 2.6.20 still *supports* > > initrd format, even if initramfs is preferred now. > > It does, I have a system that boots 2.6.20 using an initrd. It works fine > and I don't feel inclined to get involved in initramfs voodoo just to > change an already working system What is that "voodoo" you're talking about. I did boot my /-on-EVMS system= =20 with an initrd for years, only to find out that initramfs is so much easier= =20 to set up. If there's voodoo, it's in initrd. Bye... Dirk =2D-=20 Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: dirk.heinrichs@capgemini.com Hambornerstra=C3=9Fe 55 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40472 D=C3=BCsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net --nextPart1292415.54WaPZ2G0g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBF3pOL8NVtnsLkZ7sRAjSmAJ478wHk/F4vK9ygj3Jg1zMSp6HjuwCdGO43 xlsrzIrGWU47byecV8j4mNs= =l+Er -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1292415.54WaPZ2G0g-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list