Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:54:56 +0200
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Does the installation of the stock kernel include the initrd or does it (like
is used to?) execute mkinitrd? An included initrd would naturally have all
the stuff that might be on various supported mobos. The mkinitrd would be
done with explicitely listed modules and/or probed to find them.
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