Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 12:25:49PM +0800, Bean wrote:
> > but, what is the advantage in that?  Is there any use case in which the first
> > option is not good but the second is?
> 
> Some advantages of using external initrd:
> 
> 1, Resolve size limit for core.img
> core.img can't be too large, otherwise it doesn't fit inside
> conventional memory. external initrd doesn't have this problem.

Ok.

> 2. Easy to modify
> users may not know how to create core.img, but modifying files in a,
> say, tar or cpio archive is very easy. They can do simple tasks like
> replacing splash image without too much knowledge of grub2.
>
> 3. Multiple configuration
> We can use the same core.img, but different initrd to start grub2 with
> different configuration.

I don't think these two make a big difference, but well.

No objection from me, then.

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