[Buildroot] initrd isn't needed for iso9660 when initramfs is used

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Thu Aug 22 05:56:26 UTC 2013


On 22/08/13 07:09, Assaf Inbal wrote:
> I'm not entirely sure of this patch.
> The problem is that, while initrd isn't needed when initramfs is used, the
> default menu for grub always includes the initrd directive and will fail to load
> when it's missing.

  Why do you want to use iso9660 with an initramfs? initramfs is only 
really useful for boat loaders that have a problem with passing an 
initrd, e.g. network boot.


  Regards,
  Arnout

> Perhaps we should have two grub menus? Or create it during build?
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Assaf
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