Re: [expert] Mkinitrd Necessary for building kernel?
Not at all. it depends on how you configure your kernel. E.g., you use an ext3 partition bu yu don't compile support for ext3 directly into the kernel, but as a module; so you need an initrd to mount the partition at boot. Wooky Rick Friedman wrote: I've rebuilt my kernel and it works fine.(Now running 2.4.19). No problem on boot up... no problem at all. However, after rebuilding the kernel, I saw some other instructions that said it was necessary to create an initrd image. I hadn't done that and everything seems to be fine. However, curious person that I am, I went and ran mkinitrd and created the initrd image for the kernel. I then put the information into lilo.conf, ran lilo and rebooted. Everything booted fine... no problems... just as without the initrd image. My question is simply, is the initrd image necessary? What does it do? Is it supposed to speed up the boot process? I can't really see any difference in boot up. I know it's being loaded at boot up because I see message saying it's being loaded and then unloaded later during boot up. Thanks, Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- "Discussing this document with a US citizen may be an offence." From the disclaimer of "Security Holes Fixed in Linux 2.4.19", by RH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mkinitrd Necessary for building kernel?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rick Friedman wrote: |I've rebuilt my kernel and it works fine.(Now running 2.4.19). No |problem on boot up... no problem at all. However, after rebuilding the |kernel, I saw some other instructions that said it was necessary to |create an initrd image. I hadn't done that and everything seems to be |fine. | |However, curious person that I am, I went and ran mkinitrd and created |the initrd image for the kernel. I then put the information into |lilo.conf, ran lilo and rebooted. Everything booted fine... no |problems... just as without the initrd image. | |My question is simply, is the initrd image necessary? What does it do? |Is it supposed to speed up the boot process? I can't really see any |difference in boot up. I know it's being loaded at boot up because I see |message saying it's being loaded and then unloaded later during boot up. | |Thanks, |Rick | Suggest first reading: man mkinitrd and man initrd Larry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE91TQwGmoP0nUBNzsRAjajAJ4w3mj0BPCurPFPYNO9//TavLTKKQCaA25d slCDMGsqiEJRU0k2TcFJPoY= =YT2k -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mkinitrd Necessary for building kernel?
I've rebuilt my kernel and it works fine.(Now running 2.4.19). No problem on boot up... no problem at all. However, after rebuilding the kernel, I saw some other instructions that said it was necessary to create an initrd image. I hadn't done that and everything seems to be fine. However, curious person that I am, I went and ran mkinitrd and created the initrd image for the kernel. I then put the information into lilo.conf, ran lilo and rebooted. Everything booted fine... no problems... just as without the initrd image. My question is simply, is the initrd image necessary? What does it do? Is it supposed to speed up the boot process? I can't really see any difference in boot up. I know it's being loaded at boot up because I see message saying it's being loaded and then unloaded later during boot up. Thanks, Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
