On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 13:22, Mike Noyes wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 13:10, Mike Noyes wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 12:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > Is it possible to use just an initramfs image for leaf?
> > >
> > > Or do you mean put everything in an initramfs and forget about packages?
> > > That would remove a few of our main advantages, like only use the packages
> > > you need, update an individual package, etc.
> >
> > We load and write to a compressed image currently. Initramfs is just a
> > cpio image. I thought we could remove some complexity.
> >
> > e.g. initramfs --> ramfs/cramfs --backup--> cpio initramfs image
>
>
> Ugh. Please substitute ramfs/cramfs with tmpfs.
Eric,
I hate to even mention it, but it looks like Dave Cinege was on a
similar track in late 2002.
Patch: Initrd Dynamic -- Initramfs's GrandDaddy...(and
competition)
http://lwn.net/Articles/14394/
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