Re: Writing a kernel building walkthrough - proofreaders wanted
>>"Kirk" == Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> writes:
Kirk> At 2002-09-13T23:31:05Z, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> writes:
>> Unless you're building a kernel that's going to be used by at least 100
>> machines with differing configurations, initrd is a waste of time.
Kirk> How so? Furthermore, what extra steps do you take to avoid
Kirk> having to use one?
Just don't supply an --initrd option.
Kirk> When I built a 2.4.19 kernel yesterday and omitted the
Kirk> '--initrd' option, I was unable to boot.
And tell lilo not to expect an initrd kernel, and build the
module for your root fs into the kernel.
manoj
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