Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd?

2003-03-25 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Meyer wrote on Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 03:41:22PM -0500 : > > And I'll add: Why does Mandrake use one anyway even if it is not required? Which do you think is easier to support: A) Create an initrd for every install that you do. B) Create an ini

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd?

2003-03-22 Thread Felix Miata
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 anywa

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd?

2003-03-22 Thread Greg Meyer
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? -

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd?

2003-03-22 Thread Adrian Golumbovici
- Original Message - From: "Kwan Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd? > On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 14:04, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: >

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd?

2003-03-22 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 14:04, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > I saw that some compiled kernels include such a file in the /boot directory > and also include it in lilo, but others don't put any initrd in the /boot > directory and also I find no initrd section for them in the lilo. Despite > the lack of