walt wrote:
On 06/21/2010 03:37 PM, Dale wrote:
I don't use initrd and not sure why most people need one...
Good point, and I'd like to know why, too. AFAIK the major use of initrd
is on installation CD's, where the maker of the install disk has no
way of
knowing in advance what hardware/filesystems the "installee" is using,
and
thus must be ready for any surprise.
If this point of view is misguided or incomplete, please hit me with the
cluestick, asap :)
(BTW, hal is never off-topic for Dale. Don't ask why, it's ancient
history
now, just like hal. I don't think Dale is ancient history, though, quite
yet, well, almost ;)
It used to be that if you used lvm or something, you needed a initrd.
I'm not sure that is the case now. I think I read somewhere that you
can use lvm and not use initrd since there is something in the kernel
for that now. I have not seen that in the kernel tho so I may have been
confusing that with something else. It does happen sometimes. Me being
confused that is. lol
Thing about genkernel, when a person needs help with a kernel issue, it
limits the number of people that can help with the problem. Most people
on here can help with kernel issues if the user compiled their own.
With genkernel, you don't really know what you are getting. I have even
read where people used genkernel and got two different kernels on the
same machine. They should be pretty much the same since the hardware is
the same. Heck, I rarely change anything when I run make oldconfig. It
is more of saying no to stuff I don't have than yes.
Hal is much like anything else, it "just works" for most people but
others have "issues". I had serious issues with hal. It seemed nothing
I did would get it to work. Funny thing is, it works with everything
except xorg. Hal works great and always has for everything else. That
is one reason I have also told folks doing a fresh install to try it
with hal. It works with most people and if it doesn't, everyone knows
how to get rid of it. You can't exactly get rid of a kernel now can
we? ;-)
Dale
:-) :-)
