On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 12:25:49PM +0800, Bean wrote: > > but, what is the advantage in that? Is there any use case in which the > > first > > option is not good but the second is? > > Some advantages of using external initrd: > > 1, Resolve size limit for core.img > core.img can't be too large, otherwise it doesn't fit inside > conventional memory. external initrd doesn't have this problem.
Ok. > 2. Easy to modify > users may not know how to create core.img, but modifying files in a, > say, tar or cpio archive is very easy. They can do simple tasks like > replacing splash image without too much knowledge of grub2. > > 3. Multiple configuration > We can use the same core.img, but different initrd to start grub2 with > different configuration. I don't think these two make a big difference, but well. No objection from me, then. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
