Re: Why initrd ?

[Walter Hofmann <debian-laptop@bulk.walter-hofmann.de>]

On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 04:31:43PM +0200, Evgeni Golov wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:07:41 +0200 marlin9@gmx.ch wrote:
>  
> > But when i'm going to configure a custom kernel, on known hardware,
> > why should i use initrd at all ? I mean, what is the advantage of
> > initrd over non-initrd in this case ? Really, any argument ?
> 
> There is just none.
> If you have a customized kernel, you do not need an initrd.

There are reasons to use initrd (or the newer initramfs) for custon 
kernels. You need it whenever your root filesystem needs prepartion 
before you can mount it. Examples are encrypted root fs and root on nfs.

Walter