* A way to let initramfs continue as THE final root filesystem? @ 2009-11-03 10:37 Rajat Jain 2009-11-03 14:54 ` James DeVincentis 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Rajat Jain @ 2009-11-03 10:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies, linux-newbie 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: A way to let initramfs continue as THE final root filesystem? 2009-11-03 10:37 A way to let initramfs continue as THE final root filesystem? Rajat Jain @ 2009-11-03 14:54 ` James DeVincentis 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: James DeVincentis @ 2009-11-03 14:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Rajat Jain; +Cc: kernelnewbies, linux-newbie 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 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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