On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 12:19:05PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:04:51AM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > Interesting. My lilo.conf has no line about initrd and dmesg reports > > nothing on ramdisks for my 2.4.7 system. What type of systems need a > > ramdisk to boot initially? > > I understood that all 2.4 kernels do, but I suppose it depends on whether > or not the builder of the kernel used one? In this case, the difference is whether you're installing a debian kernel-image or compiling your own. The kernel images require an initrd. When you compile your own, it is of course up to you whether you use an initrd or not. I run 2.4.7 ... just for the fun of it I tried an initrd with drivers for my SCSI HBA. I couldn't get it to work ;-) Since I'm busy with real world stuff I said to hell with it and compiled the SCSI driver into the kernel proper ... initrd will have to wait. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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