Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)

Oliver Xymoron
2002-01-12T18:11:41Z

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> greg k-h:
> >What does everyone else need/want there?
>
> dmidecode, so the init script can dump a DMI report in a known
> location such as /var/run/dmi.

No, this belongs in a distribution's init scripts. Initramfs is stuff that
is needed before mounting real root, not everything that must be done
before we have a login prompt.

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