[please ask such questions on mailing list and not privately ] On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Mark Shaw wrote:
> Congratulations on a great work, my question is it possible to add multiple > devices to initramfs.conf and if so what should the entry look like. > > examples: > DEVICE=eth4, wlan0 > or > DEVICE=eth4 wlan0 > or is the following possible: > DEVICE=eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3 eth4 wlan0 > > in this case DEVICE=eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3 eth4 wlan0 would a problem arise if > no card was discovered or would there be a great time lag? man initramfs-tools shows you the ip bootparam and has a hint where it is docomentated aka Documetnation/nfs-root.txt in any linux-2.6 source. with the right combination it tries all available interfaces no need to list them. > Would adding wlan0 create a problem if no wireless network is found? Would > it be possible to add a series of devices to have a generic config that > could then be used by multiple installations in different hardware? Is the > file initrd.img that is created portable to other hardware or when made in > one hardware only adding components for that hardware? My interest in > particular is if it is used on a USB stick and if there has to be other > changes, such as a time lag to permit the USB stick be detected correctly? > If command is given from a LIVE CD or DVD could the GRUB menu entry direct > the system to the initrd.img on the DVD and the system on the USB? example: > > default 0 > timeout 20 > color cyan/blue white/blue > foreground EE0000 > background 400000 > gfxmenu (cd)/boot/grub/message > > title USB > root (hd1,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet splash vga=791 > initrd (cd)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.23 > boot > > or > > gfxmenu /boot/grub/message > default 0 > timeout 15 > color cyan/blue white/blue > > title USB > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet splash vga=791 > initrd (cd)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.23 > boot > > Thanks in advance for your great work and help, > > Mark Shaw happy hacking -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
