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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
To: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
Subject: Re: Linux mdadm superblock question.
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:06:32 +0100
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On Dienstag 16 Februar 2010, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Sonntag 14 Februar 2010, you wrote:
> >> In other words, 'auto-detection' for 1.x format devices is using an
> >> initrd/initramfs.
> > 
> > which makes 1.x format useless for everybody who does not want to deal
> > with initrd/initramfs.
> 
> You make this sound like some major big deal. are you running your own
> distribution? In most cases mkinitrd does the right thing when you "make
> install" the kernel, and if you are doing something in the build so
> complex that it needs options, you really should understand the options
> and be sure you're doing what you want.
> 
> Generally this involves preloading a module or two, and if you need it
> every time you probably should have built it in, anyway.
> 
> My opinion...

I am running my own kernels - and of course everything that is needed to boot 
and get the basic system up is built in. Why should I make the disk drivers 
modules? 
That does not make sense.

And the reason is simple: even when the system is completely fucked up, I want 
a kernel that is able to boot until init=/bin/bb takes over.

Gl?ck Auf
Volker
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