From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JHJfc-0005Hb-CS for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:00:08 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JHJfa-0005GK-HK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:00:06 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JHJfW-0005Dk-T7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:00:05 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JHJfW-0005DX-Ke for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:00:02 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JHJfW-0007bt-Az for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:00:02 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JHJfO-0002cS-Cv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:59:57 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JHJdV-00032Q-6d for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:57:57 +0100 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:57:57 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080122135757.GA11484@thorin> References: <20071230134824.GB21397@thorin> <20080120232435.GB16365@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:00:07 -0000 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. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)