[ILUG] Re: Kernel Compilation

[Gary Mc Closkey]

-----Original Message-----
From: John P . Looney <valen at tuatha.org>

>
> Anyone know any lilo args to disable loading the initrd ? I tried
>"initrd=", to no avail.
>



 From the BootPrompt HOWTO section 2 "

The `noinitrd' (initial RAM disk) Argument

The v2.x and newer kernels have a feature where the root filesystem can be
initially a RAM disk, and the kernel
executes /linuxrc on that RAM image. This feature is typically used to allow
loading of modules needed to mount
the real root filesystem (e.g. load the SCSI driver modules stored in the
RAM disk image, and then mount the real
root filesystem on a SCSI disk.)

The actual `noinitrd' argument determines what happens to the initrd data
after the kernel has booted. When
specified, instead of converting it to a RAM disk, it is accessible via
/dev/initrd, which can be read once before
the RAM is released back to the system. For full details on using the
initial RAM disk, please consult
linux/Documentation/initrd.txt. In addition, the most recent versions of
LILO and LOADLIN should have
additional useful information
"
GMC.