On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 07:59 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Michael Schmarck:
>
> > Nice thing about genkernel (and other such tools in other distributions)
> > is, that they also create an initrd.
>
> Even though most users don't need one. There are only two cases where one
> needs an initrd/initramfs:
>
> 1) Your / fs is encrypted and/or located on a logical volume or soft raid
> device.
>
> 2) You need a propietary driver module for getting at your / fs.
what about making a nice flash splash?! I think you need an initrd for
that too.
cya,
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