From: Alessandro Amici <lists@b-open-solutions.it>
Organization: B-Open Solutions srl
To: Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Is anyone using the load_ramdisk= option in the kernel still?
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:41:13 +0200
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Matthew,

On Tuesday 26 October 2004 16:09, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Alessandro Amici <lists@b-open-solutions.it> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 October 2004 05:48, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >> a) Does anyone use the load_ramdisk= option anymore, or is it
> >> legitimate to drop?
> >
> > I'm pretty sure it is used by the Debian installer when bootstrapping
> > from a floppy, but...
>
> I believe that this is no longer the case with the new installer.

If you have the root filesystem on a floppy you still need load_ramdisk 
(checked a few days ago ;)

cheers,
alessandro
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