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From: der.eremit@email.de
To: martinb@igotu.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.2, initrd, /dev/ram
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:02:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1AqyhE-0000Be-80@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1nS8U-6lv-13@gated-at.bofh.it>

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:20:08 +0100, you wrote in linux.kernel:

> However, the kernel will boot but -not- enter the ramdisk if
> root=/dev/ram. The entry has to be changed to root=/dev/ram0 in order
> for a successful boot.

Just use /dev/ram0, works in 2.4, too...

No idea why it was changed, but /dev/ram0 is at least a real LSB device
name, unlike /dev/ram (look on a real /dev, /dev/ram is usually a symlink
only present for backwards compatibility).

-- 
Ciao,
Pascal

       reply	other threads:[~2004-02-11 18:08 UTC|newest]

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     [not found] <1nS8U-6lv-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-02-11 18:02 ` der.eremit [this message]
2004-02-11  1:45 Kernel 2.6.2, initrd, /dev/ram Martin Bogomolni

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