From: horserivers@gmail.com (horseriver)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: GRUB question
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:10:36 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130127221036.GA3244@debian.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC+QLdS9djR0rEF7vz1rzLQ8O=6-j20PB60owD4AWmj+cFWLKA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:05:35PM +0530, Mandeep Sandhu wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:07 AM, horseriver <horserivers@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi:)
> >
> > Is /boot/initrd.img a root filesystem? what is the filetype of it?
>
> Yes, it's a rootfs with minimal stuff needed for booting a workable
> system. why does this matter. doing 'file /boot/initrd.img....' on my
> system shows its a gzip compressed file.
>
> >
> > Can I put initrd.img in a floppy to boot system ?
>
> I think you can. Provided you have the floppy driver compiled into your kernel.
Thanks!
Does this /boot/initrd.img file come out when building kernel ?
how to build it?
>
> CMIIW.
>
> -mandeep
>
>
> >
> > thanks!
> >
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-27 22:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-27 20:37 GRUB question horseriver
2013-01-28 6:35 ` Mandeep Sandhu
2013-01-27 22:10 ` horseriver [this message]
2013-01-28 8:07 ` Mulyadi Santosa
2013-01-27 22:50 ` horseriver
2013-01-28 10:35 ` Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
2013-01-28 17:49 ` Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
2013-01-28 20:06 ` horseriver
2013-01-29 16:48 ` Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
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