Amit Joshi wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 22:00, John Hasler wrote:Amit Joshi writes:What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd?For a distribution kernel it provides support for all possible permutations and combinations of hardware. I don't know of any advantages for a custom kernel. -- John HaslerOh..thanks for the information. Now I know why custom built kernels don't have initrd images. :)
Not exactly. I use a custom kernel and the suspend2 patch. That enables you to suspend/resume and show the progress of that process with a userui.
But if you want to see the progress on *resume* you have to use an initrd that loads the userui *before* the kernel gets control.
Sad to say it doesn't work. Tried it with yaird.Problem: yaird uses Perl to put the initrd together but not too much in the way of info as to what actually happens.
Hugo