On 03.12.2007 02:10, Callum Lerwick wrote:
On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 20:03 +0100, dragoran wrote:
> [..]
>> I didn't say we should have all modules in the initrd. But having the
>> most common would IMHO a good thing.
> +1 for having all pata/sata drivers in the initrd by default.
One of the things that used to make Linux superior to Windows is the
fact that you could pop out a hard drive and plug it into an entirely
different machine, and it would Just Work.
strong +1
Well, except for X. Stupid X.
Which is getting fixed afaik, so it should "just work" in the future as
well.
[...]
But then initrds were introduced, and now we're baking in system
specifics into it. Now I have all kinds of trouble with drivers not
being found, and volume groups not being found. Only solution is to boot
a rescue disk and rebuild the initrd, using an incredibly arcane series
of commands. I pity the n00b who tries to upgrade their system.
+1 -- for us here on the list it's no big deal, but for ordinary users
its a PITA that often leads them to reinstall linux, which leads to
"Linux is complicated" statements.
CU
knurd