Re: better initrd for potato (was Re: debian 2.1r3 needed and release team coordination)
Enrique,
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but isnt it possible to
have _both_ ide and scsi on a single machine?
Jor-el
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 09:38:12PM -0400, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> >
> > Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> writes:
> > > That will give the user a smaller kernel, that loads faster and uses
> > > less memory, and probably will fit his needs without having to
> > > recompile. That also helps while building different rescue disks.
> >
> > IIRC, this thread started with the question of whether we should go to
> > a two-floppy installation set. I don't think initrd helps shrink the
> > installation set. You still have to include all the scsi and ethernet
> > card drivers. With initrd, you don't have to compile them into the
> > kernel, but you still need the modules around.
>
> Of course, but you don't need SCSI drivers on the first floppy unless
> you have a SCSI-only system. And then you don't need IDE drivers. We may
> build a modular system with different rescue disks for different needs
> just changing the modules in there, not by having dozens of different
> "unofficial" kernels.
>
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> Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
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