From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966083AbXDGQnG (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:43:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966100AbXDGQnG (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:43:06 -0400 Received: from h80ad275a.async.vt.edu ([128.173.39.90]:56108 "EHLO h80ad275a.async.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966083AbXDGQnF (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:43:05 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: johnrobertbanks@fastmail.fm Cc: Ignatich , reiserfs-list@namesys.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: COMPILING AND CONFIGURING A NEW KERNEL. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:26:45 PDT." <1175909205.905.1183425104@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <46157B5B.5000602@gmail.com> <1175817921.18400.1183285196@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1175909205.905.1183425104@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1175964174_4736P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:42:54 -0400 Message-ID: <12252.1175964174@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1175964174_4736P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:26:45 PDT, johnrobertbanks=40fastmail.fm said: > > YOU SHOULD compile all the drivers necessary to boot your system, into > the kernel (ie, such drivers should not be built as modules). >=20 > This way you will NOT need an initrd file. It is quite possible to build a kernel that has all the drivers built-in,= but still require an initrd file. For instance, if you have a recent RedHat or Fedora system, '/' may very well be on an LVM partition, which means you need an initrd to do a 'lvm varyonvg' before mounting your real= root filesystem will work.... --==_Exmh_1175964174_4736P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFGF8oOcC3lWbTT17ARAkHXAKC27KCQjHJkkA8CUR6e1r5Hi6f5mwCgwUSo VegXdIBZlaLBC2Bnxp+1z4Y= =F1Jj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1175964174_4736P--