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List:       caldera-users
Subject:    Re: initrd.gz
From:       john burton <jburton () telepath ! com>
Date:       1997-09-28 21:48:15
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LPW wrote:

> > Check out the dox in
> >
> > /usr/src/linux/Documation/initrd.txt
> >
> > You'll find that initrd.gz is the gzipped driver for a RAMdisk...
> >
> > As usual, your milage may vary...
> >
> >                               --==jb==--
> >
> Now I am very confused.  From the RedHat site, I found that initrd.gz
> was for loading a scsi module.  Does this mean that the SCSI module is
> loaded into a ramdisk?  When I compiled a kernel with my Advansys scsi
> driver in the kernel instead of a module, I had no problems at boot.

Lester...

I could be mistaken, but a quick look at
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/initrd.txt 'splains it a bit better than
I...

It would seem that initrd.gz adds the capibility to load a RAM disk by
the boot loader, allowing a two-level boot process...

initrd.gz MAY have loaded a small kernel that included your SCSI module
drivers...


HopeItHelps

				--==jb==--

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