On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 02:09:51PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:50:39AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > 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. > > Is there something that one loses when not using a ramdisk? You lose the ability to remove something that's a module using the ramdisk method. Usually that's no big deal since said module is critical anyway (SCSI HBA for the root fs, etc.) initrd is a great thing for RAID, multiple systems (you only need one kernel for myriad systems) ... -- 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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