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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