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    From aaronl@vitelus.com Sat May 19 20:07:23 2001

    > > initrd is an unnecessary pain in the ass for most people.
    > > It had better not become mandatory.
    > 
    > You would not notice the difference, only your kernel would be
    > a bit smaller and the RRPART ioctl disappears.

    Would I not notice the difference as a user, as a sysadmin, as a
    kernel builder, as a kernel hacker, or all of the above?

All of the above.