Re: initrd [was: Linux-2.1.92 - Feature Freeze]

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:20:26 +0100 (BST)


> With just a change-root system call, initrd and nfsroot aren't needed..
> (See ftp:/ftp.cistron.nl//pub/people/miquels/kernel/Old/new_root_diffs)

NFS is sort of needed because you may not have any media to contain the
original root except a boot time ram disk (ie initrd). I agree there is
a lot of the rest of initrd could go

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