Skipping initrd phase in boot process

From: Sting (zstingx_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: 28 Jul 2004 00:25:46 -0700

Hello,

I use grub as a boot loader.
It uses initrd in the boot process.

According to linux doxs:

"initrd is mainly designed to allow system startup to occur in two phases,
where the kernel comes up with a minimum set of compiled-in drivers, and
where additional modules are loaded from initrd."

Is there a way to skip using it and to omit the
initrd command from grub.conf ?

I have SIS5513 IDE controller and MAXTOR disk.

If I will compile SIS5513.c and ext3 and the other
drivers that I must have (like usbcore , mouse ,network card driver and the
rest that I see in lsmod into the kernel image) - can
I skip using initrd ?

And I know that the kernel image will become larger ; on the
other hand - I will not need the initrd pahse ; so on the
whole it could be that boot time will be shorter; is it so ?

regards,
sting

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