Richard Smith wrote: >>support linux-2.6 kernel. Can I convert my tar.gz >>file to cpio format as initramfs and make kernel >>uncompress it and mount it as rootfs on ramdisk >>automatically? I'm not so familiar with either initrd >>or initramfs, where can I find more and clear info >>about these topics? > > > > There is a little bit of info about initramfs in the kernel tree. > > /Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt >
I don't recommend initramfs -- just make a cpio initrd. Current initramfs support is bug-ridden. ron -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
