* Re: [gentoo-user] ramfs - is it necessary ???
@ 2007-02-23 7:11 99% ` Dirk Heinrichs
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From: Dirk Heinrichs @ 2007-02-23 7:11 UTC (permalink / raw
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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
with an initrd for years, only to find out that initramfs is so much easier
to set up. If there's voodoo, it's in initrd.
Bye...
Dirk
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