From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: horserivers@gmail.com (horseriver)
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:10:36 +0800
Subject: GRUB question
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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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