terryc said on Fri, 1 Dec 2023 14:58:25 +1100

>On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:13:39 -0500
>Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>
>> The opposite. I'm saying that a merged system MUST HAVE an initramfs
>> in order to correctly boot, unless the kernel has the driver for your
>> boot disk compiled in.
>
>Do you meant that the system runs on old depreciated hardware(driver
>dropped) or that it runs on some 'uniquish/very uncommon hardware that
>isn't already loaded into the kernel (shades of olde time when you ran
>a config and compile script on your kernel sources to get the kernel
>you wantedto use.).

I don't understand the preceding question.

>
>Having an initramfs and ide/sata/SDD hardware, I wont be expecting any
>problems. Hmm, might have to finally move the mail server off its scsi
>hard disk

SCSI, SD, doesn't matter. Most modern distros don't have the disk
driver compiled into the kernel, so you need to use the drivers
supplied by the initramfs to mount the root partition.


SteveT

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