On 14/02/2010 19:13, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
On Sonntag 14 Februar 2010, you wrote:
On 14/02/2010 18:40, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
On Sonntag 14 Februar 2010, you wrote:
In other words, 'auto-detection' for 1.x format devices is using an
initrd/initramfs.
which makes 1.x format useless for everybody who does not want to deal
with initrd/initramfs.
True, but afaik every distro uses an initrd/initramfs and bundles tools
making it easy to manage and customise them, so what's the problem?
and distros do it because of all the drivers they have to ship. But for
example I am not bound by such limitations. Why should I deal with that?
It is hard enough not to forget 'make modules_install'. And now add initrd.
Autodetecting just works - but if you use an initrd an it doesn't. Where do
you start?
Initrd's maybe great for distro packagers, but are they really usefull for
anybody else?
Not just for distro packagers, they're useful for distro users, which
are presumably 99% of Linux users these days, including the vast
majority of enterprise users who like tested, supported systems.
But even for people building their own kernels, initrd/initramfs are
useful if you're using LVM, or indeed trying to boot off anything that's
not a simple device.
Cheers,
John.
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