Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: > On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 07:59 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Michael Schmarck: > > > Nice thing about genkernel (and other such tools in other > > > distributions) is, that they also create an initrd. > > > > Even though most users don't need one. There are only two cases where > > one needs an initrd/initramfs: > > > > 1) Your / fs is encrypted and/or located on a logical volume or soft > > raid device. > > > > 2) You need a propietary driver module for getting at your / fs. > > what about making a nice flash splash?! I think you need an initrd for > that too.
Nobody really needs this, it's just eyecandy. Doesn't count :-)
Bye...
Dirk
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