* `initrd' grub2's mods or not [not found] <4898D7E5.2B9E34.12415@m12-73.163.com> @ 2008-08-06 4:19 ` Albert 2008-08-06 5:21 ` Bean 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Albert @ 2008-08-06 4:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: grub-devel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 298 bytes --] hi all, i have an idea about loading grub2' file (.mod, fonts, images) from disk: since core.img is the kernel why not make related stuffs into a 'initrd' file? the reason is, so many files will be loaded from media, we may need more time to do this from a cd/dvd. is there any possible? [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 343 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: `initrd' grub2's mods or not 2008-08-06 4:19 ` `initrd' grub2's mods or not Albert @ 2008-08-06 5:21 ` Bean 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Bean @ 2008-08-06 5:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: The development of GRUB 2 On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Albert <f22_storm@163.com> wrote: > hi all, > > i have an idea about loading grub2' file (.mod, fonts, images) from > disk: since core.img is the kernel why not make related stuffs into a > 'initrd' file? the reason is, so many files will be loaded from media, we > may need more time to do this from a cd/dvd. > > is there any possible? Hi, This function is already in grub2, it's called memdisk. The basic idea is that you can pack all the files you want into a archive file such as cpio or tar, then embed it in core.img. After startup, the files can be accessed with the (memdisk) device. -- Bean ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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