On 8/3/07, Michael J. Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realize this thought probably isn't specific to this list but one > thing I find curious with the LFS book and the section on building > the kernel, there is no mention of "initrd". Actually, what I find > even more curious is that the "make" process for kernels doesn't > make the initrd image. I've always found that to be weird omission. > Does anyone have any idea why that is?
initrd is not needed for LFS. The reason for initrd is to basically mount the root partition when the appropriate driver is not compiled into the kernel. This is useful for commercial distros where the partition formats are not known in advance. For LFS, we know the partition type in advance and compile it into the kernel which makes initrd is unnecessary. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/alfs-discuss FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
