moreau francis wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to use initrd to mount my root fs, but I was > wondering what its status... > I have noticed in boot directory addinitrd program > that seems to add an initrd image right after the > kernel. > But there's also a section in kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > called > .initrd that includes initrd image during kernel > compilation. > > Why are there two different ways of using initrd ? Actually, there are three: - the generic initramfs method for compiled in initrds - the addinitrd method to attach a initrd to a precompiled kernel image (which is old, and essentially unmaintained) - the rd_start/rd_size method, which allows a bootloader to load both kernel and initrd images into memory and then tells the kernel via the rd_start/rd_size parameters where the initrd is located > Which one I should use ? Depends on your machine/bootloader and how much flexibility you want. Thiemo
