Stefan Troeger
Newer SuSE releases use an initial ram disk (initrd) [...] there's no need to build a separate kernel for each supported SCSI controller. See the SuSE 6.4 manual [...]
Chris Reeves
With SuSE 6.3 and 6.4, you can now boot off devices whose drivers are not compiled into the kernel (i.e. modules). [...] Try doing a 'man initrd' [...]
juergen.braukmann@ruhr-west.de écrit:
[...] chapter 16 "Particularities of SuSE Linux" (or whatever it is in english or french) describes the SuSE boot concept.
Thanks to all for replying. Even if the problem we got at loading `aic7xxx' is not solved by now, I did follow your advice and studied `initrd' a bit more. I found the `/sbin/mk_initrd' script especially instructive. Running 6.2 currently myself (my friend is using my copy of 6.4 right now, and plays the guinea pig for me :-), I was not exposed to `initrd' yet. It surely opens doors for me: I see many useful things one could do with this. Thanks for opening my eyes! :-) -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/