> Hello, > Does this means that you have removed all IDE support from the kernel? > Wouldn't it be better to include support for the simplest system in the > kernel, so that no initrd would be needed for typical systems? > > Thanks, > Dimitris > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch Hi define typical system ;) everyone will tell you something different about it.
let me list some benefits of initrd: you are able to boot from what you want, think of USB/FW SATA,IDE ,SCSI ability to enable cryptfs support etc. It will add more flexibility to Archlinux boot process. Less maintance work needs to be done. It was on 0.8 roadmap, atm it looks good to be included in 0.7.1. Me had the time to hack on it, it's not perfect yet but that's the reason for the big testing phase that will come now. The more will help us on this task the better the result will be. One major problem: The user needs to add the initrd to the bootloader, but this is the only one. New installers will have this in their new grub/lilo setup after install, when 0.7.1 is released. So don't be sceptic about the new kernel, in the end we all will benefit from it. Don't forget the basic setup atm is to include all modules, so noone should run into trouble if the bootloader is set up correct. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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