From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966033AbXDHBCh (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:02:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966020AbXDHBCh (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:02:37 -0400 Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:58359 "EHLO out4.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966033AbXDHBCh (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:02:37 -0400 Message-Id: <1175994157.1894.1183513166@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: 2dzVqgBId65L90nHGr8LSmD2At6LgMeoopuki95xABQ1 1175994157 From: johnrobertbanks@fastmail.fm To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: "Ignatich" , reiserfs-list@namesys.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface References: <46157B5B.5000602@gmail.com> <1175817921.18400.1183285196@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1175909205.905.1183425104@webmail.messagingengine.com> <12252.1175964174@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Subject: Re: COMPILING AND CONFIGURING A NEW KERNEL. In-Reply-To: <12252.1175964174@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:02:37 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > It is quite possible to build a kernel that has all the drivers built-in, > but still require an initrd file. For instance, if you have a recent > RedHat or Fedora system, '/' may very well be on an LVM partition, which > means you need an initrd to do a 'lvm varyonvg' before mounting your real > root filesystem will work.... Thanks Valdis, Thats interesting, I didn't know that. Do you know if deb-pkg and rpm-pkg take care of creating the initrd automatically. I seriously doubt they do. Actually, I guess I only need to compile another kernel to find out. John. -- johnrobertbanks@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own