On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:05:35PM +0530, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:07 AM, horseriver <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi:) > > > > Is /boot/initrd.img a root filesystem? what is the filetype of it? > > Yes, it's a rootfs with minimal stuff needed for booting a workable > system. why does this matter. doing 'file /boot/initrd.img....' on my > system shows its a gzip compressed file. > > > > > Can I put initrd.img in a floppy to boot system ? > > I think you can. Provided you have the floppy driver compiled into your > kernel.
Thanks! Does this /boot/initrd.img file come out when building kernel ? how to build it? > > CMIIW. > > -mandeep > > > > > > thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kernelnewbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
