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From: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
To: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB HardDisk Booting 2.4.20
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:28:51 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200301310128.h0V1SpL00558@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1043967125.21672.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>

>> Is there a reason for not using initrd for this. That should let you
>> use any kind of root device even ones requiring user space work before
>> the real root is mounted.
> 
> Yes, I believe there is.  IMO initrd is too much of an annoyance to setup. 

I believe it's going to be mandatory anyway, perhaps not as initrd,
but as initfs, but the result is the same. Besides, it's not
that big a deal if rpm -i makes initrd for you automagically.

-- Pete

      parent reply	other threads:[~2003-01-31  1:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-30 17:27 [PATCH] USB HardDisk Booting 2.4.20 Wesley Wright
2003-01-30 18:47 ` Alan Cox
2003-01-30 22:35   ` Samuel Flory
2003-01-31  2:21     ` Willy Tarreau
2003-02-01 15:00       ` Wesley Wright
2003-01-30 22:51   ` Wakko Warner
     [not found]   ` <mailman.1043967125.21672.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2003-01-31  1:28     ` Pete Zaitcev [this message]

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