Steve Litt: > On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:35:29 +0000 > Rainer Weikusat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Steve Litt <[email protected]> writes: > > > > Why does everyone think I was advocating the banishment of > > > initramfs? Go back to my initial post and you'll see I was > > > suggesting a way to give the owner/admin a *choice* to go without > > > initramfs. > > > > You already have that choice, you just need to exercise it: Compile a > > kernel which can mount 'your' root filesystem without the help of > > additional userspace software, be it for loading modules or for > > additional configuration, and use that: No initsomething needed. > > > > In fact, that's exactly the configuration I've been using 'since > > ever'. > > Where can I find documentation on how to do this? The last time I > compiled a kernel was probably in the 20th century, so I imagine things > have changed.
It should be something like: download your kernel from your favourite site, e.g. ftp:ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/kernels/ unpack cd <unpacked dir> make menuconfig make make install make modules_install > You mention that you recompile your kernel. What do you do every time > apt-get upgrade brings you a new kernel? install your own kernel ch. bootloader to load your kernal reboot uninstall debian kernel > Do you re-recompile? If so, do > you have some sort of file containing all your choices so it's easy? I think make menuconfig et al. pulls in the current kernels config, just make sure you have it in /boot: # ls -l /boot/*3.12.8* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 118268 Aug 1 15:36 /boot/config-3.12.8-rt11-i3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1581413 Aug 1 15:36 /boot/System.map-3.12.8-rt11-i3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3458016 Aug 1 15:36 /boot/vmlinuz-3.12.8-rt11-i3 > How do you tell your kernel not to load an initramfs? Add noinitrd to your boot cmdline or don't compile in support for it, make menuconfig -> General setup about 75% down: Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support check or uncheck to your satisfaction Regards, /Karl Hammar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aspö Data Lilla Aspö 148 S-742 94 Östhammar Sweden +46 173 140 57 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
