On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 01:25:52 -0500, Steve wrote in message
<20231201012552.1d9697df@???>:

> 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.).

..yes. And, at least until we have a reliable supply of
system-critical software packages upstream of Devuan.

> I don't understand the preceding question.

..he's asking whether we need to compile in whatever disk,
fs, bus etc drivers into either the kernel or the initramfs
we need to boot our weird good old server etc boxes.

> >
> >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.


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