Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> This goes completely against the Unix philosophy of making simple single
>> function tools. Why are they trying to do lsmod/rmmod, enter rescue
>> mode, set and unset variables, run scripts, and so forth. They are
>> trying to recreate the kern
taipan67 wrote:
> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Note, however, that this is not the same type of module as "insmod" and
>>> "lsmod" Grub2 commands refer to. Grub2 has its own modules for loading
>>> Linux kernels, loading FreeBSD kernels, support for filesystems,
taipan67 wrote:
> Well, if you consider that when installing & configuring grub1 you are
> currently obliged to use the term 'root' in *five* different contexts,
> they're actually getting better... ;)
Really? I only know of one. Can you expand on your comment?
-- Bruce
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Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
>
>
>> Note, however, that this is not the same type of module as "insmod" and
>> "lsmod" Grub2 commands refer to. Grub2 has its own modules for loading
>> Linux kernels, loading FreeBSD kernels, support for filesystems, and so
>> on. Obviousl
> I'm doubting the popularity of a linux-2.4/linuxthreads book. Even though it
> would be more stable, I don't think anyone would actually use it in real
> life. So as an alternative/compromise, how about ditching the 2.4-branch and
> make pre-release branches (like 0.1)? Each pre-release would
Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Yes, I know that initrd loads kernel modules for Linux for the case when
> the fs drivers are not built into the kernel. Personally I never need
> initrd because I *do* compile the drivers into the kernel, but widely
> available distros need it to load *all* fs drivers because
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> Note, however, that this is not the same type of module as "insmod" and
> "lsmod" Grub2 commands refer to. Grub2 has its own modules for loading
> Linux kernels, loading FreeBSD kernels, support for filesystems, and so
> on. Obviously, not all of them are used in
