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.
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John Hasler
Oh..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
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