/dev/cdrom is a link to the proper device, if that link is not
on the initrd /dev/cdrom won't work.
I previously had some statically linked linuxrc C code (I don't
have the code anymore- it was a work-for-hire), that scanned
the various locations that the cd could be (/dev/hd[abcd...])
and
> I suppose any live CDs based distributions (like knopix) do such
>things too
Only using (syslinux), mkisofs and mksquashfs here.
Jan Engelhardt
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Le Monday 25 July 2005 09:27, zvi Dubitzki("zvi Dubitzki"
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Hello,
> In need access the CD filesystem (iso9660) from within the Linux
> initrd or right after that (make it root fs).
> I need an example for that since allocating enough ramdisk space
> (ramdisk_size=90k
Le Monday 25 July 2005 09:27, zvi Dubitzki(zvi Dubitzki
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Hello,
In need access the CD filesystem (iso9660) from within the Linux
initrd or right after that (make it root fs).
I need an example for that since allocating enough ramdisk space
(ramdisk_size=90k in
I suppose any live CDs based distributions (like knopix) do such
things too
Only using (syslinux), mkisofs and mksquashfs here.
Jan Engelhardt
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/dev/cdrom is a link to the proper device, if that link is not
on the initrd /dev/cdrom won't work.
I previously had some statically linked linuxrc C code (I don't
have the code anymore- it was a work-for-hire), that scanned
the various locations that the cd could be (/dev/hd[abcd...])
and
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