[linux-lvm] Initrd, usefull ?

Benjamin Scott bscott at ntisys.com
Wed Nov 14 10:23:01 UTC 2001


On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Georges Giralt wrote:
> But once this is done, what will the initrd be used for ?

  initrd (initial ramdisk) is generally used to load dynamic modules needed
to mount the root filesystem.  So your LVM, filesystem, storage controller,
and any other needed drivers are all compiled statically into the kernel,
you should be all set.

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Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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