also sprach Peter Jay Salzman (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 12:14:36PM -0800): > true. it's called initrd. rd for ramdisk. > > > utmp/wtmp, > > what does the kernel have to do with utmp and wtmp? why would the kernel > care about who is logging into your system?
okay, i see where you are coming from. from the initial discussion, i thought someone wanted to create a cdrom that is bootable and the root file system all at once. it is possible to do this, in fact, i run a couple of firewalls that aren't anything but a mounted cdrom (or a r/o floppy in some cases). but let me tell you this: making a cd bootable given a harddisk with a valid root partition may be easy. creating a "rescue cd" that is all in one and doesn't need a harddrive takes a lot of time and many many cdr's! martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@@.net -- the file you need might be very useful. but now it is gone
