[SM-Users] kernel compilation + initrd

David Brown dmlb2000 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 19 18:50:37 EST 2007


> Hi.
>
> Just to inform that I finally generated an initrd image that could be
> loaded at boot, which instantiated successfully the ext2/ext3 FS's, so
> they don't longer need to be compiled built in.  So for desktops it
> looks OK.

Thanks good to know someone else does that type of stuff besides me...
I also make my ide/scsi devices modules as well and throw them into
the initrd.

> Bad news for me at least, is that the initrd image generated does not
> support kernel suspend to disk, I don't know about the user suspend to
> disk which I don't use any ways.  so for laptops the initrd suipport
> is not yet there, :(.
>
> I'll continue without initrd until it's indicated it supports kernel
> suspend to disk...

Oooo not sure about suspend to disk I haven't messed with that since
half the time it never comes back for me... but I'll look into how
that's supposed to be done with klibc.

Thanks,
- David Brown


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