difference between initrd and initramfs

shrndegruv · 02-13-2006, 08:27 PM

What are the differences between initrd and initramfs?

I used gentoo genkernel to make a kernel, and it only put an initrd file in /boot.

It modified grub to point at an initramfs file.

cs-cam · 02-14-2006, 12:03 AM

Not a lot. Different version of the same thing, Grub will support both but not two at the same time for obvious reasons. I've heard initramfs has a few more features than initrd but I'm not an expert, my kernel packages come with a script that generates a new initramfs image with my modules, gensplash and everything else

I love Arch lol