From: Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problems with iso9660 as initrd
Date: 07 Feb 2002 11:01:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3g04dy5j6.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3r8ny8by5.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk> <a3sei4$h5p$1@cesium.transmeta.com> <m3n0yl90xb.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk> <a3te3d$7f2$1@cesium.transmeta.com>
In-Reply-To: <a3te3d$7f2$1@cesium.transmeta.com>
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
> Followup to: <m3n0yl90xb.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk>
> By author: Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> > >
> > > Also, you don't have CONFIG_ZISOFS set...
> >
> > Sorry for not being precise enough. It is not a zisofs, just compressed
> > with gzip as usual for an initrd image.
> >
>
> Still unusual, though. Why iso9660? It's not particularly well
> suited for an initrd, especially because of all the redundant data
> structures and extra blocking.
Mostly because it is easily scriptable to build it with tools usually
available.
--
Best regards
Christian Laursen
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-02-07 10:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-06 22:47 Problems with iso9660 as initrd Christian Laursen
2002-02-06 23:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-07 12:20 ` Matthias Kilian
2002-02-07 22:30 ` Christian Laursen
2002-02-06 23:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-07 8:00 ` Christian Laursen
2002-02-07 8:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-07 9:01 ` Pozsar Balazs
2002-02-07 10:01 ` Christian Laursen [this message]
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