David H. Lynch Jr. wrote: > initramfs does nto exist in 2.4, but despite a dearth of information it > works extremely well in 2.6. > > Set CONFIG_INITRAMFS=path to directory tree to build into ramdisk, and > the kernel building process will take care of most evrything else. > Unlike initrd, there are not two separate files, that each have to be > loaded. The initial ramdisk is part of the kernel image, gets > uncompressed by the kernel, and is just generally painless - except for > the scarcity of documentation. So... have are been able to use initramfs as a drop in replacement for initrd, or did you have to jump through extra hoops? I attempted to use initramfs a few months ago, but wasn't ever able to get it to run init.
g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc. P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. (403) 663-0761
