On Tuesday 23 September 2008 12:17:41 rishi agrawal wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > I recently complied linux kernel 2.6.26.5. > > I had a Fedora installation. > > While reading the documents related to kernel compilation I found > steps like mkinitrd , changing the menu.lst and update-grub. > > Without even doing these steps the boot menu is having the entry of > the newly compiled kernel and it is working fine. > > Can someone explain this. the initrd-image is needed when you compile in drivers for the disk-controllers and filesystem for the / (root) partition. If this is compiled directly into the kernel, the kernel can read the disk and load all other modules. the initrd is a convenient way for distro-developers to ensure that the provided kernel will run on as many systems (with a wide range of diskcontrollers as well as filesystems) as possible. -- Med vennlig hilsen - Yours Sincerely Henrik Austad -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
