30 Nov
2012
30 Nov
'12
01:52
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Linda Walsh
Jim Henderson wrote:
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.
---- Linux kernel developers will say it isn't necessary.
It's only when you want 1 kernel/disk image to move to rather diverse hardware -- which isn't something users generally do.
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