From: Cal Erickson <cal_erickson@mvista.com>
To: Ralph Blach <rcblach@raleigh.ibm.com>
Cc: Embedded Linux list <linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: How do I make a bigger ram disk
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:10:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39EC5DE6.F52E289B@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 39EC31B2.1FD3F35B@raleigh.ibm.com
Ralph,
There are two ways to do this. You can do it in the source code in
drivers/block/rd.c. there is a hard coded variable there of 4096.
Or simply add 'ramdisk=xxxx' to the kernel command line.
Have fun and enjoy,
Cal Erickson
Ralph Blach wrote:
> OK,
>
> How do I make a bigger ram disk image. I know this is a really basic
> question but I cant
> seem to find the instructions anywhere.
>
> Chip
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2000-10-17 11:02 How do I make a bigger ram disk Ralph Blach
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