Pascal Hambourg composed on 2018-04-10 20:47 (UTC+0200): > Felix Miata composed:
>> Putting a disk from an Intel system into a system with AMD, VIA or GeForce >> chipset is almost certain to fail unless the initrd includes most drivers. > This is the default (MODULES=most). Likely it's one of the first things to go when someone wants to trim installation size or speed up booting and/or updating. >> This >> leads me to believe that a minimal module set initrd created on one chipset >> type >> and tried on any other chipset type is mostly likely doomed. > Not if both chipsets use the same module. E.g. all SATA host controllers > in AHCI mode use the same ahci module regardless of the manufacturer. I've seen a lot of BIOS since AHCI became commonplace where the string "AHCI" is nowhere to be found in BIOS setup or motherboard or PC manual. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/