On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 12:41, Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Saturday 22 March 2003 02:52 pm, Adrian Golumbovici wrote:
> > Thx for the answer mate. Have one more question tho... How do I know if I
> > need a module upon start and how do I create an initrd for the needed
> > modules?
> 
> And I'll add:  Why does Mandrake use one anyway even if it is not required?


I know of one reason... so that the reiserfs xfs or ext3 modules can be
loaded before the / partition is loaded. The file systems are modules
not built in with the stock kernel.  I've tried to build in reiserfs
rather than as a module but the results weren't optimal.

James


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