On Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2007, pat wrote: > On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:13:56 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote > > > On Mittwoch, 21. Februar 2007, pat wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have question about ramfs and if it is necessary. I have notebook > > > with SATA drive. I generate kernel with genkernel and it generates > > > initramfs file too. My question is if this is realy necessary and if > > > not, what I have to do. And if it is necessary where I can find good > > > documentation (samples, explanation, etc.). > > > > > > And next question is: hat is difference between ramfs and initrd ??? Is > > > it the same thing or not ... ??? > > > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > > > Pat > > > > you don't need initrd. You don't need initramfs. You don't need to > > use genkernel (IMHO genkernel is evil). And you don't need ramfs. > > > > initrd/initramfs is mostly for distributions who want to compile > > everything as module, people with strange settings (like some kind > > of raid), or people too stupid to build their own kernel. If you > > build your kernel and build everything you need to boot into it, you > > can live without that crap. > > ... so the initramfs is not necessary for the SATA drive when it is not a > module ??? Because I think I need it because of the SATA drive. >
if you compile sata support into the kernel, you don't need the initramfs stuff. I have a sata drive too. / and /home are on it. And I boot every day from it, without using a initrd or similar stuff. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
