On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:15:03AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 07:24:13PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > How are they going to compile a kernel if they haven't even installed > > Linux? > > that's obvious. by installing linux and then compiling a kernel.
I hope you're being facetious. > > The most important function of initrd is to reduce the number of > > kernel images needed on boot floppies to one. > > you're missing the point again. > > nobody is disputing that using initrd was a good idea - it's a useful > tool. Huh? Did you see what I was responding too? Just because this is in a thread about bloat, it doesn't mean that we aren't allowed to talk about other things. -- Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
