29 Nov
2012
29 Nov
'12
07:29
Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
El 28/11/12 21:07, Linda Walsh escribió:
Perhaps someone can explain to me why Windows doesn't need a pre-boot ramdisk in order to boot, while Linux does?
Linux does not need an initrd to boot, distributions do need it to support a wide variety of booting scenarios and not driving developers insane in the process.
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