Re: upgrade to kernel-2.4.9
On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 08:23, dman wrote:
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> | Okay, can somebody please explain why I'm missing this initrd stuff (and
>
> If you didn't enable it in the kernel then you don't use an initrd.
> If you enabled it then you need an initrd.
>
> | what I'm missing)? Why do I need to mkinitrd? I'm also running a
> | self-compiled 2.4.9.
>
> It is actually easier to add "--initrd" to the make-kpkg command and
> it will include an initrd in the .deb.
>
> -D
I do know that. But what are the advantages of having an initrd? From the number of posts bitching about it I was under the impression it's quite important
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