On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:03:50 -0800, Linda Walsh wrote:
No one is talking about moving disk images around -- we are talking about installing a system, then ... why does linux/suse need initrd and Windows does not?
(a) ISTR that a couple of people earlier in this thread said that it wasn't needed by Linux, but that it makes things more convenient. (b) Maybe it's already been pointed out, but Windows is not Linux, and Linux is not Windows. The two are architecturally fairly different operating systems. (c) If you've moved disk images around to different hardware with Windows and not had problems other than activation issues, then you've been lucky. I worked in an enterprise with 250,000 users and coming up with a functioning image that accounted for all the different permutations of hardware was incredibly tricky to do, and even then it was messy to resolve different video drivers for different versions of the same video card. If you want to understand why Linux uses initrd, I suggest you take some time and talk with the Linux kernel developers, after reading up on the history of the Linux kernel. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org