On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:19:57 +0100 Irrwahn <irrw...@freenet.de> wrote:
> Hendrik Boom wrote on 16.11.18 19:08: > > (1) Is initramfs so weird that only one or two people in the world > > can make one? > > No. > > And even though stock De(bi|vu)an installations by default use an > initramfs (an intrd, to be precise): if you ever find yourself in a > position where you have to _manually_ tweak it, chances are high that > something much more fundamental is broken either in the distribution > itself or on your particular box. > > > (2) What is initramfs good for? Linux used to work just fine > > without it. > > It's only needed if you have to do stuff before running the `real´ > init process to bring up the system and all services. If, e.g., for > some reason you decided to place stuff like kernel modules or other > essential system components > not in the root file system and therefore ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SteveT Steve Litt November 2018 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshooting Brand new, second edition http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
