From: James DeVincentis <admin@nexcast.net>
To: Rajat Jain <Rajat.Jain@infogain.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A way to let initramfs continue as THE final root filesystem?
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:54:27 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AF04423.70500@nexcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B0D7545C8@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
Yes, I have done this myself when booting from a CD. I load the kernel
and the initramfs into memory and then boot. Here is my configured
bootline to do it:
kernel linux
append ramdisk_size=64000 initrd=base_fs init=/sbin/init root=/dev/ram0 rw
- James
On 11/3/2009 4:37 AM, Rajat Jain wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use an embedded cpio archieve (initramfs) to boot my
> embedded board, and I'm curious is there a way to let initramfs be the
> final root filesystem for my kernel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rajat
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2009-11-03 10:37 A way to let initramfs continue as THE final root filesystem? Rajat Jain
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