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* Re: [gentoo-user] ramfs - is it necessary ???
  @ 2007-02-23  9:36 99%       ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Neil Bothwick @ 2007-02-23  9:36 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:11:07 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:

> > 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.

If I was starting from scratch, I'd use initramfs, but the initrd is
already working and requires zero effort - if it ain't broke...


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Neil Bothwick

Always be sincere even if you don't mean it.

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