From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mkinitrd
Date: 18 Apr 2003 11:33:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b7pgd9$j1q$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20030418172859.GB27055@wind.cocodriloo.com
Followup to: <20030418172859.GB27055@wind.cocodriloo.com>
By author: Antonio Vargas <wind@cocodriloo.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Dave, I recall reading there are problems with building an ext2 initrd
> because of the small size, and it seems that ext3 is fine at the moment.
> Just try to tweak the initrd script to do a ext3 (add -j to the mke2fs).
>
Why ext2 as opposed to romfs or cramfs?
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-18 18:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-18 16:57 mkinitrd Dave Mehler
2003-04-18 17:28 ` mkinitrd Antonio Vargas
2003-04-18 18:33 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-04-18 20:46 ` mkinitrd Bill Nottingham
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