From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Initramfs or move /usr to /, oh my...
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:10:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120319141055.2446a05b@hactar.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1923606913.832065.1332122259159.JavaMail.open-xchange@email.1and1.com>
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On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:57:39 -0400 (EDT), Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote:
> > > How do I find out if I am actually *using* an initramfs right now
> > > (I know it
> > > is built into the kernel), and
>
> ls -l /boot/ will tell you.
No it won't, as the initramfs can be built into the kernel image.
> There is a difference between an initrd (initial RAM disk) image
> (simple) and an initramfs (initial RAM filesystem) (complicated).
I think you have that the wrong way round. An initramfs is simpler in
that you don't have to worry about creating a filesystem or even creating
the image file, just give the kernel compilation process a file
containing a list of what should be in it.
--
Neil Bothwick
Middle-age - because your age starts to show at your middle.
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-18 17:44 [gentoo-user] Initramfs or move /usr to /, oh my Tanstaafl
2012-03-18 18:14 ` felix
2012-03-18 18:26 ` Jarry
2012-03-18 18:39 ` Alex Schuster
2012-03-18 18:52 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-19 1:57 ` Bruce Hill, Jr.
2012-03-19 14:10 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2012-03-18 18:52 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-03-18 22:24 ` walt
2012-03-18 23:31 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-19 2:38 ` walt
2012-03-19 3:19 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-27 13:12 ` J. Roeleveld
2012-03-18 20:59 ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2012-03-18 22:50 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2012-03-20 1:28 ` [gentoo-user] " Sebastian Pipping
2012-03-20 8:43 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-20 17:35 ` Sebastian Pipping
2012-03-21 2:02 ` Joshua Murphy
2012-03-21 7:40 ` Sebastian Pipping
2012-03-21 9:08 ` Neil Bothwick
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