Why not use an initrd? Was: Re: custom kernel "unable to open initial console" [SOLVED]

[Mitch Wiedemann]

Patrick Boutilier wrote:

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> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev/ explains how to boot using udev 
> without using an initrd.

What's the advantage of not using an initrd?  I just use it because the 
newly built kernel seems to want to.

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