hi vivek > Vivek Varghese Cherian wrote: > > Can some one provide me with pointers to the funtion of the /initrd > directory in Debian ?
/initrd as with all other distro is used by the initrd.img file during its bootup ( loading of modules ) during the kernel boot process - in lilo/grub, if initrd=blah.img is not specified, than /initrd is not needed > Can some one provide me with an explanation of the exact funtion of the > /linuxrc executable in Debian ? /linuxrc is required inside any blah.img ramdisk file to tell the boot kernel what to do ... usually: modprobe e1000 or more complicated things to load besides one module > Can some one explain why the /usr/share/initrd-tools/linuxrc file does not > have the executable flag set on my system ? /usr/share/initrd-tools is like the man pages and reference only and is never used as you note /linuxrc should be root owned and executable > Are /initrd and /linuxrc mutually exclusive ? (The presence of one causes > the other not to be present) no ... they are concurrcently required... if one initrd.img is used, than both /initrd and /linuxrc is required note, that /linuxrc is inside initrd.img and that /linuxrc is NOT part of the normal system more boot craziness Linux-Boot.net c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]