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From: "David H. Lynch Jr." <dhlii@dlasys.net>
To: Frank Prepelica <Frank.Prepelica@ubidyne.com>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Kernel and rootfs in ONE image?
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:54:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46613028.9080004@dlasys.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <29DC34A6B43468409F5A371CFE34E8491B5A4A@ex01.ads.ubidyne.de>

    If you are using 2.6 and you use initramfs, then typically you will
get a single image that contains both the kernel,
    and the initial ramdisk. When you load and execute that image
everything will get sorted out "automagically".

   




Frank Prepelica wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  
>
> in normal case you have got a kernel image and a rootfs image. Place
>
> that images into flash memory, set correct bootargs and it should work.
>
>  
>
> But, is it possible to generate one image which includes the linux
> kernel 
>
> and a rootfs, place that single image into flash memory and it should
> also work?
>
>  
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>  
>
> Beste regrads
>
> Frank
>
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-02  8:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-01 11:14 Kernel and rootfs in ONE image? Frank Prepelica
2007-06-02  8:54 ` David H. Lynch Jr. [this message]
2007-06-03 23:42 ` Stelios Koroneos

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