On Sunday 30 October 2005 14:09, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > > 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] >
Well, generally, I am open to change. Change is generally a good thing in that we are able to move forward from the "Normal" way of doing things and expand... I was wondering if this was going to affect the ARCHCK kernel when iphitus releases the 2.6.14-ARCHCK1. Thanks!!! Joe _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
