On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:17:47AM -0800, Linda Walsh wrote:
So far no one is able to explain why it is needed other than It's a fad or it's cool..
Because the openSUSE kernel is not monolithic, it contains modules that need to be loaded before mounting the root disk. It also needs to do other things (decryption, disk checks, etc.) Yes, if you build your own kernels, and don't put /usr/ on a different partition, you can get away without a initrd, I do it all the time. But for the distro, as shipped, it's not going to happen, sorry. In fact, I don't know of _any_ distro that does not provide an initrd, this isn't a new thing at all, sorry. If you want to have a separate /usr partition, then you are free to support it without an initrd as well as you can, but note, that's not what openSUSE is going to do. If you don't like this, there's nothing tieing you to this distro, you are free to change to something else if it's a show-stopper for you. Best of luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org