Re: Kernel compile the old way



On Saturday 11 November 2006 20:00, Wackojacko wrote:
Marc Wilson wrote:
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
make menuconfig
make-kpkg --revision 1 kernel_image

Don't you end up with an initrd that way? I admit to never wasting my
time with kernel-package, but I thought you couldn't avoid one if you
insisted on using it.

No if you want an initrd you have to specify it to make-kpkg.

HTH

Wackojacko

What exactly are the advantages of using an initrd?
Oh I know it is Initial RAM Disk..but does it speed up the boot process or
something?? Just curious...
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