From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LWeaZ-0000F4-Uh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:26:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9249EE0541; Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:26:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49201E0541 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:26:50 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.37,406,1231113600"; d="scan'208";a="71677807" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 09 Feb 2009 22:26:49 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (unknown [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F32137BA8 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:26:45 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <8184C31E-3AEC-4745-A29A-1E807DCC91E5@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200902091903.41713.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using "root=LABEL=xxxx" in grub.conf Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:26:46 +0000 References: <4990062A.3010907@t-online.de> <116687D8-1C3D-4653-B34F-B7F218AE3D12@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <200902091903.41713.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Archives-Salt: 1e6c96dd-4dd4-4d50-a1f9-7d206bd4cbeb X-Archives-Hash: dc1076b7e18e7f828858b5e4b051331f On 9 Feb 2009, at 18:03, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag, 9. Februar 2009 17:51:24 schrieb Stroller: > >> I don't "like" initrd and the longer kernel >> lines in grub.conf that they require. > > Errh, which longer lines in grub.conf? > > Here's mine, as an example: > > title=Gentoo Linux > kernel /vmlinux.gz realroot=/dev/evms/root vga=0x31B notsc > > Quite short and simple, isn't it? You don't even recognize that it > uses an > initramfs (because it's embedded in the kernel itself). Am I not correct in thinking that initramfs used to be / can be / was originally a separate file which goes in /boot and is described with an extra boot parameter? I wasn't aware that you could embed the initramfs into the kernel itself - after reading Neil's message yesterday I looked up more about the initramfs, contemplated about the idea of doing so and decided "naw, you'll never be able to do that, it would make the kernel too big and take up too much memory". I certainly can recognise that you're doing something bogus, because your kernel parameters use "realroot=" and not just "root=" Stroller.