Perhaps someone can explain to me why Windows doesn't need a pre-boot ramdisk in order to boot, while Linux does? I know Windows doesn't have all the drivers for all the hardware linked in with it's kernel -- it's dynamically loaded out of it's "/bin (windows/sytem32)" dir. So why does the linux kernel have this extra complication while windows does not? It's a bit embarrassing, I would think to see the wide range of HW supported by Windows **without** a special 'initrd' for drivers, while linux still doesn't support the range of HW that Windows does (some, but not ALL of that being due to short-sited HW providers who can't provide open specs or drivers). So what is Windows doing 'right', that Linux is unable to do? Maybe this is a kernel question -- maybe OpenSuse can't doing anything about this -- is this the case -- is this some kernel limitation? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org