Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:36:11 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? gensplash has its own tools for creating the initrd/initramfs for the boot splash. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 013: Unexpected error - Huh ? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:36:11 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? gensplash has its own tools for creating the initrd/initramfs for the boot splash. esearch doesn't know about gensplash. What package is it a part of? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
On 12/19/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:36:11 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? gensplash has its own tools for creating the initrd/initramfs for the boot splash. esearch doesn't know about gensplash. What package is it a part of? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list It's in media-gfx/splashutils -- Andres -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:46:00 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gensplash has its own tools for creating the initrd/initramfs for the boot splash. esearch doesn't know about gensplash. What package is it a part of? splashutils - full info at http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/ -- Neil Bothwick Bother, said Pooh, when his spliff went out. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mkinitrd :) you shouldn't need that with a 2.6 kernel, though. Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? The nifty graphics on boot are not provided by any kernel initrd you may create, though such graphics may be *included* in any such initrd. The splash initrd is created by a separate application, splashutils. If this utility is present, you can use it to make a boot initrd with the graphics (or, I believe, get genkernel to include the graphics in the initrd it makes by default), but you can compile the splash directly into the kernel and bypass the initrd completely (if you don't use genkernel which is going to make one anyway). If that's all you're concerned about (the pretty splash), then what you want to read is http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash This will explain how to set up your kernel to support splashutils and how to get it running on your system, either with or without an initrd (I used to use an initrd, but I don't anymore and compile the splash directly into the kernel). I can confirm that the Wiki instructions do work correctly, but you can also follow the link to Spock's Gensplash page (Spock is the Gentoo dev who created fbsplash and splashutils), where he has short instructions as well. HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mkinitrd :) you shouldn't need that with a 2.6 kernel, though. Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mkinitrd :) man mkinitrd No manual entry for mkinitrd man -k mkinitrd mkinitrd: nothing appropriate -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mkinitrd :) you shouldn't need that with a 2.6 kernel, though. Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? hmm, that may be. I prefer not to bother with that mess. Simplicity is. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:36:11 -0600 reader wrote: John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mkinitrd :) you shouldn't need that with a 2.6 kernel, though. Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? who cares, real men don't reboot :-) -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mkinitrd :) man mkinitrd No manual entry for mkinitrd man -k mkinitrd mkinitrd: nothing appropriate Never mind esearch mkinitrd * sys-apps/mkinitrd Latest version available: 4.2.0.3 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 61 kB Homepage:http://www.redhat.com/ Description: Tools for creating initrd images License: GPL-2 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:47 PM, Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:36:11 -0600 reader wrote: John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mkinitrd :) you shouldn't need that with a 2.6 kernel, though. Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? who cares, real men don't reboot :-) but if you DID want to make one...: sys-apps/mkinitrd Latest version available: 3.5.7-r2 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 51 kB Homepage:http://www.redhat.com Description: Tools for creating initrd images License: GPL-2 -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mkinitrd :) you shouldn't need that with a 2.6 kernel, though. Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? The installer initramfs is created by genkernel. I use it myself to generate an initramfs with gensplash support. The splash-themes-livecd package contains the splash screens used by the installer. Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu
Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: who cares, real men don't reboot :-) Well I did write my 6000 word thesis with only echo and cat Ok, I did slip in `ed' toward the end. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
