Re: [expert] what is initrd in lilo.conf ?

2000-03-08 Thread Bill Beauchemin
This is mainly for scsi startup. Open the file you should see your scsi adapter. On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Harald Wolf wrote: > Hi, > > what for is the line: > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img > in the lilo.conf file > and what is initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img > Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control

RE: [expert] what is initrd in lilo.conf ?

2000-03-08 Thread Tobias Kahre
On 08-Mar-00 Harald Wolf wrote: > Hi, > > what for is the line: > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img > in the lilo.conf file > and what is initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img > initrd points to the initial ramdisk. The ramdisk contains th first filesystem mounted including some kernel modules, e.g. the s

Re: [expert] what is initrd in lilo.conf ?

2000-03-08 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 4:24 AM Subject: Re: [expert] what is initrd in lilo.conf ? > > what for is the line: > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img > > in the

Re: [expert] what is initrd in lilo.conf ?

2000-03-08 Thread Civileme
On Tue, 07 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Hi, > > what for is the line: > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img > in the lilo.conf file > and what is initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img The line in lilo.conf tells where to find the initrd image The image itself is read into memory and mounted as the initial ram dis