On 05/17/2012 01:45 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote: > zxq9 wrote on 05/17/2012 12:24 PM: >> I'm almost positive that the graphics issue no longer applies. SL6 >> doesn't create an xorg.conf by default, but builts it every boot during >> device detection (and still doesn't trust the BIOS/UEFI, fortunately). > > Agree. That was mocu more of a problem with older releases. > >> initramfs... I think that is a static thing now, unless I'm thinking of >> something else. > > The initramfs came along with dracut and replaced the old initrd, except > kdump creates an initrd in addition to initramfs, but let's not stray > too far afield. It depends on the hardware and is not static. > > Phil I typically use syslinux (isolnux, extlinux, pxelinux, etc) to create bootable portable media. I'm not sure you can accomplish this with just grub. You should only need a new initrd if there are unsupported filesystems or critical hardware drivers needed to boot. http://www.syslinux.org/ There is plenty of documentation there to get you going. -Mark -- Mr. Mark V. Stodola Digital Systems Engineer National Electrostatics Corp. P.O. Box 620310 Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA Phone: (608) 831-7600 Fax: (608) 831-9591