Bryan Kadzban wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> I have updated the book to GRUB-1.97. The on-line book should >> regenerate in a few hours. >> >> The GRUB section in Chapter 6 is pretty straight forward, but the >> section on configuration and testing in Chapter 8 is pretty complex. >> I'd appreciate anyone building and installing this package giving >> feedback. > > Not feedback on the method, just on the changelog entry. :-P > > It doesn't remove the need for an initramfs. What it does do, is remove > the need for a separate /boot partition in many initramfs cases (since > grub2 can read LVM and I think some RAID types -- but not, I think, > dm-crypt).
Well I don't know what dm-crypt is, but in any case, GRUB2 aka GRUB-1.97 handles the majority of cases. If we need an initrd, then it should be in BLFS, not LFS. > The bootloader doesn't mount the root FS; if the root FS is on some > setup that the kernel can't autoconfig (like LVM or dm-crypt), then you > need an initramfs either way. :-) I'm not sure about what the kernel can do, but as far as LFS/BLFS go, we don't even have the LVM commands (e.g. pvcreate, etc.) in either book. I haven't tried it, but I'd think that if the right drivers were installed, then the kernel could mount it. > I'll see if I can poke at the grub2 instructions in the next week or so > (hopefully). Much appreciated. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
