-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:37:51 +0100 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 10:35:43AM +0100, Simon Richter wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Paul TBBle Hampson wrote: > > > > >Reading the manpage of mkvmlinuz indicates it can _include_ an > > >initrd in its output, but doesn't indicate it can assemble a > > >ramdisk from scripts > > >+ modules + fairy dust. (Or whatever it is they use...) > > > > Yes, that was badly worded. If it is rightfully not detected as a > > ramdisk creator because it isn't one, then the problem of not > > depending on one still remains, however. > > Bah, the kernel depends on a ramdisk creator, so there should be no > problem. > > The ramdisk can be provided by the user and can be any kind of random > ramdisk tool, this is used for example by d-i which builds his own > ramdisk. > > Furthermore mkvmlinuz can be used to build zImage kernels without > ramdisk. > > So, no there is no need for a dependency on a ramdisk creator. I agree. But perhaps a suggests then? And suggest a kernel image too? - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD2p38n7DbMsAkQLgRAruGAJ9F6IbrS2gURQZvh5Pc+IHqf8PrPwCbB8Ha TCmvd3WfvL3zuHzYgL6niSo= =o2mT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----