LeRoy Cressy on Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:38:03 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Motherboards


Mike Leone wrote:
> 

> Except for things like winmodems, and other newer devices not in the standard kernel config,  etc....
> 
> > As a large portion of you know I am not in favor of compiling physical
> > hardware that is connected to your motherboard or part of your
> > motherboard as a module.  Also, your root partition file system type
> > must not be compiled as a module or your system will not boot.
> 
> I'm told that yes, it can. If you make use of an initrd image.
> 
Why would you want to start a system using initrd unless you were
creating a boot disk set?  
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