On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 19:42, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:16, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > I would have liked to try a 2.6 kernel to see if that would help, but > > never managed to get an initrd.img built that would actually boot.I learnt > > loads about how initrd actually works, and the like, but never quite > > enough ): > I'd appreciate being told a few references because I want to go down that > track too.
chris, on gentoo the genkernel program produces a kernel and matching initrd. you can use your own .config. it even outputs the exact grub config stanza at the end, just copy and paste into grub. > > You don't _have_ to use the initrd.img route to get a kernel to boot. > It's quite possible to boot the kernel itself directly from grub or lilo. > > The 2.6 Kernel gives a very distinct improvement to the apparent responsivity > of a desktop machine, mainly because the 2.6 Kernel can interrupt itself. > Whether or not it would produce the same in a server situation I know not. > Please could you keep us informed.
