On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:35:29 +0000
Rainer Weikusat <rainerweikusat@???> wrote:

> Steve Litt <slitt@???> 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.

You mention that you recompile your kernel. What do you do every time
apt-get upgrade brings you a new kernel? Do you re-recompile? If so, do
you have some sort of file containing all your choices so it's easy?

How do you tell your kernel not to load an initramfs?

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt
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