On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 05:36:38PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Alex Samad wrote: > > >Hi > > > >question question to both of you guys, any reason not to use a initrd ? > > > >doesn't it limit your options a lot, I can understand a monolithic > >kernel - but a partial one ? > > > >Alex > > > >On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 01:33:57PM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > >>I'm using grup-pc, which is grub2: > >> > >>che:/home/aperrin# dpkg -l | grep grub > >>ii grub-common > >>1.97~beta3-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (common files) > >>ii grub-pc > >>1.97~beta3-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version) > > > >[snip] > > > > Alex, > > How does having an initrd prove more or less beneficial than not > having one? > > IMO I like simplicity and a straight forward boot configuration: > > 1. /boot/kernel > 2. /boot/System.map > 3. lilo > 4. modules (if necessary) > > No other components. My root is on a encrypted lvm partition can you load that with out a initrd ? > > Justin. > > -- Into love and out again, Thus I went and thus I go. Spare your voice, and hold your pen: Well and bitterly I know All the songs were ever sung, All the words were ever said; Could it be, when I was young, Someone dropped me on my head? -- Dorothy Parker, "Theory"
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