Re: Some Questions

Hi Dom,

>> - Why do we need a initrd? Alle we need to do is mount the Ext2 and
>> get the
>> rootfs (that should fit in the kernel).
>
> Some stuff needed for that (pcmcia) works a lot better as a module, so
> that forces us to use a initrd.

In addition, it's probably easier to mount the CF card, mount the ext2
partition from the right file and pivot_root to it from a script in
initrd, than doing it through kernel boot parameters (I don't know how
to do it this way).

:-)

    Michael.

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