Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)
Matthew Wilcox (Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:57:26 +0200
On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 05:39:20AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> David Woodhouse wrote:
> >
> > hpa@transmeta.com said:
> > > Let the boot loader provide the boot-necessary modules in the form of
> > > an initrd.
> >
> > Or in an easier form. Take a look at the handling of 'boot modules' in the
> > 'Multiboot Standard' at http://www.uruk.org/grub/boot-proposal.html
> >
>
> Actually, I don't see much difference between this and an initrd on
> romfs.
The difference is that the Multiboot Standard requires that the bootloader
handles this whereas the kernel handles initrd & romfs.
--
Matthew Wilcox <willy@bofh.ai>
"Windows and MacOS are products, contrived by engineers in the service of
specific companies. Unix, by contrast, is not so much a product as it is a
painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture." - N Stephenson
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