From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA12742 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:49:24 -0600 From: Helge Deller To: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Fwd: Re: [parisc-linux] initrd/ramdisk-Status... Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:50:34 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <99082500505601.00280@P100> List-ID: ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] initrd/ramdisk-Status... Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:37:55 +0200 From: Helge Deller Hi Matthew, Am Tue, 24 Aug 1999 schrieben Sie: > On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 09:11:58PM +0200, Helge Deller wrote: > > I programmed it in such a way, that the bootable image in arch/parisc/boot/ > > holds a directory-structure for up to 63 possible ramdisks, which can be > > selected during boot via initrd= or initrd=. > > The reason for adding support for multiple ramdisks is, that distributions > > later can add easier support for multiple/different machines in one bootfile. > > Hang on, this doesn't make sense. There should be no difference between > the binaries, the only difference should be the kernels. Yes, maybe I could change it to select the kernel..... What do you think ? On the other side, there also could be different binaries for PA1.x / PA2. > I believe the > plan is to put UFS-reading code into the bootloader in any case (mkp?) > which makes all this a temporary hack; as it should be. Yes of course is UFS-reading the most important part, but how would you do UFS-reading over Network or from a DAT on a new system without preinstalled fs or unformatted fs ? Helge. > > -- > Matthew Wilcox > "Windows and MacOS are products, contrived by engineers in the service of > specific companies. Unix, by contrast, is not so much a product as it is a > painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture." - N Stephenson