Re: initrd in Debian kernel-image

2004-10-15 Thread Jason Lim
> the basic rule of thumb is: "if i'm likely to need it to boot or if it's > essential for what the machine is supposed to do, then it gets compiled in to > the kernel. otherwise as a module". > > craig Agree completely. In or case, we also compile in the 3ware RAID stuff, a few common NIC drive

Re: initrd in Debian kernel-image

2004-10-15 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 12:12:30AM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote: > > Le mercredi 29 septembre 2004 ? 12:37, Gavin Hamill ?crivait: > > > My question is... how does dpkg know that I need to load the megaraid > > > module in the initrd so the system can mount / for init to boot the > > > machine? I've

Re: initrd in Debian kernel-image

2004-09-29 Thread Donovan Baarda
G'day, From: "Aurélien Beaujean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] > Le mercredi 29 septembre 2004 à 12:37, Gavin Hamill écrivait: > > My question is... how does dpkg know that I need to load the megaraid > > module in the initrd so the system can mount / for init to boot the > > machine? I've looked in /

Re: initrd in Debian kernel-image

2004-09-29 Thread Gavin Hamill
On Wednesday 29 September 2004 13:38, Aurélien Beaujean wrote: > Hi, > The only way to have mageraid at boot time is to include it in builtin > (not in module) in the kernel. So rebuild a 2.4.27 with the same custom > options than your old 2.4.21. That's interesting.. Since I wrote, I did some m

Re: initrd in Debian kernel-image

2004-09-29 Thread Aurélien Beaujean
Hi, Le mercredi 29 septembre 2004 à 12:37, Gavin Hamill écrivait: > My question is... how does dpkg know that I need to load the megaraid > module in the initrd so the system can mount / for init to boot the > machine? I've looked in /etc/mkinitrd and seen the 'modules' file - > should I just stic

initrd in Debian kernel-image

2004-09-29 Thread Gavin Hamill
Hullo. I've often wondered this but never been able to find a solution.. so here we go... I'm using a custom Debianised kernel on a Dell poweredge 1600SC with the AMI megaraid module compiled into the kernel. Also, the kernel has no module support It's still running 2.4.21 and disk performan