On Saturday 05 January 2002 12:07 am, Mike Andrew observed: > 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. > > If it's flakey after an install you can always type the magic at boot time > > linux root=/dev/wherever noinitrd
Wondered about that, ta Mike. -- Keith Antoine aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
