Robert Isaac wrote: > >> Upgrading past 2.6.12 requires getting yaird or initramfstools installed >> on sarge somehow. It can be done however. Yaird is not too hard to >> backport. > > You could even save yourself some effort and install Yaird from backports.org > :)
OK, I have a dumbass question: why is yaird necessary at all? Or more accurately, why is an initrd necessary at all? Is it something about 2.6.x kernels? Back when I built 2.4.x kernels for my Athlon XP machine, I follwed the script of http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html and I never messed with an initrd. My understanding is that the purpose of an initrd is to provide an image of a RAMdisk containing the modules the kernel needs to access the root file system; but if the hardware and filesystem support needed is compiled into the kernel, why even bother with an initrd? -c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
