Re: Question regarding kernel policy: Why ext2 as module?]
As an aftertought: Im asking this because I am after a method that will
work for *all* kernels in Debian not just 2.6.6. Rather than trying them
all out I was hoping you could tell me.
Regards
Andree
On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 08:01, Andree Leidenfrost wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 04:53, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 12:03:40AM +1000, Andree Leidenfrost wrote:
> > >
> > > Now my only remaining question is: What kernel versions support this?
> > > All 2.6 kernels currently in Debian? What about 2.4 kernels in Debian?
> > >
> >
> > Initramfs is a 2.6 feature. There are patches for 2.4 somewhere too,
> > Al Viro was responsable of them, if I'm remembering correctly.
> > Google is your friend.
>
> Google has been my friend for a long time ;-), so I asked him (her?)
> before posting. Amongst other things I found
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=1INo8-3eV-31%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=4&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dinitramfs%2Bcpio%26ie%3DUTF-8%26hl%3Den%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch
>
> which seems to indicate that the stock kernel needs a patch to accept
> the initrd image as the root filesystem. Given my success with 2.6.6 it
> looks like this patch has been applied to the Debian version of kernel
> 2.6.6.
>
> So, again: Do all versions of the 2.6 kernel in *Debian* work like this?
> Have the 2.4 kernels in *Debian* the backport patch applied?
> > --
> > Francesco P. Lovergine
>
> Cheers
> Andree
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> Andree Leidenfrost
> Sydney - Australia
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Andree Leidenfrost
Sydney - Australia
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