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 Hasler

Oh..thanks for the information. Now I know why custom built kernels don't have 
initrd images. :)

Regards, 
Amit.
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