From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:51:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: Linh Dang Cc: Embedded Linux PPC list Subject: Re: list of 2.6-related migration issues for embedded programmers? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Linh Dang wrote: > On 19 Jul 2004, rpjday@mindspring.com wrote: >> - initramfs: currently, i'm still using a zImage.initrd-based >> image, and all i know about initramfs is that it's checked for at >> boot time. should i care about it? at some point, probably, i'm >> sure. > > initramfs is convenient. you don't need root access nor special tools > to create the root-fs. it very easy when you want to > version-controlled you root-fs. ah, that would be convenient since, as it is, i'm using a hacked version of "genext2fs" that allows me to create the initial root fs as a regular user. i *definitely* have to look into initramfs, then. rday ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/