> I don't know how this integrated with initrd (initramfs wasn't a thing yet). As far as I recall, early Linux didn't have initrd either; it's a novelty which

> I don't know how this integrated with initrd (initramfs wasn't a thing yet). As far as I recall, early Linux didn't have initrd either; it's a novelty which came later. > But better install to /usr/local or /opt. I believe /opt is a novelty which appeared on either FSSTD or its successor FHS; I think /usr/local is older (perhaps even older than Linux), being the default --prefix for autoconf.