Hi, short note at the start: Don't hijack other threads (like you did here), don't answer a mailing list mail but write a new one to the list, when you want to start a new thread.
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:32:52 -0400 "K. Mike Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me why the latest Gentoo uses initramfs but it is > loaded by GRUB using initrd? > > I though the initramfs was to be compressed into the kernel image? It can be, but it hasn't to. The kernel checks a few magic bytes in order to check whether ram disk data placed by the bootloader into memory is actually an initramfs or a full blown initrd (which can contain any filesystem). Initramfs is the suggested replace mechanism and is basically a compressed cpio archive. The method how it gets into memory when booting hasn't changed, or better: is still compatible. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
