> If I understand right, the steps are: > > 1. Create and compile a kernel of your choice. > 2. Create a Minix file system and populate it with the contents of > root.lrp > 3. Compress the Minix filesystem with gzip and put on disk as initrd.gz > 4. Modify linuxrc to run /sbin/init at the end
I don't think this is the best way to solve this. IMHO, it's better to have the kernel boot with root=[!ram0], which will get linuxrc running. Linuxrc should then set the real root device to /dev/ram (or your tmpfs or ramfs device) by writing to /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev (see initrd.txt in the kernel Documentation directory). Everything else looks OK. I'd only point out that if the initial ramdisk becomes more of a bootloader, which is what I'd like to see, and I think the direction Jaques is heading, root.lrp is just another package (although likely the first to get loaded), and the initial ramdisk would be something like boot.img, and should not have to change unless you need to change boot methods (ie add new hardware support for a HDD, CD, or similar). Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
