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. How often do you take 1 disk image and try to move it to different pieces of HW? You worked in an ancient enterprise with 250K users that had no HW standards? You are implying no ability to load needed parts over a network -- thus no net? Even non-OS vendors are taking to downloading stubs, by default, and checking your system for what parts/drivers need to be downloaded to bring it up to some 'standard'. But that's during an upgrade -- NOT daily booting. You are going off into installation issues, which I am NOT talking about. I'm talking about post-installation -- steady state systems. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org