Re: kernel-{image,headers} package bloat
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:15:03AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 07:24:13PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > How are they going to compile a kernel if they haven't even installed
> > Linux?
>
> that's obvious. by installing linux and then compiling a kernel.
I hope you're being facetious.
> > The most important function of initrd is to reduce the number of
> > kernel images needed on boot floppies to one.
>
> you're missing the point again.
>
> nobody is disputing that using initrd was a good idea - it's a useful
> tool.
Huh? Did you see what I was responding too? Just because this is in a
thread about bloat, it doesn't mean that we aren't allowed to talk about
other things.
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