Re: THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit
From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Aug 31 2005 - 17:25:43 EST
Jesper Juhl wrote:
Well, it wouldn't have to be initrd specifically. Generally what's
needed is *some* way to tell the kernel "please read more options from
location <foo>". The interresting bit is what <foo>'s supposed to be.
This is what initramfs (as opposed to initrd) does quite well.
-hpa
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