On Friday 04 January 2002 08:07 am, Mike Andrew wrote : > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:48, Declan Moriarty wrote: > > Was it Keith Antoine who wrote on Friday 04 January 2002 08:33: > > > One call initrd after a recompile................. > > > Get the update files downloaded and installed. I can see the GUI for it > > > but no idea how to use it. > > I don't knw Mandrake but afaik, initrd? Are you talking about the install > process? In which case initrd is a 'good idea'. Otherwise, unless you're > booting from a scsi hard drive I would scrap it. It adds a layer of > confusion to what kernel is actually running.
erp.. I don even use initrd on my scsi systems. First thing I like to do is rebuild me kernels to have built in support for my root controller and filesystem. I save initrd for things like emergency boot disks ... _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users