Re: mkinitrd

H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-18T18:21:42Z

Followup to: <20030418172859.GB27055@wind.cocodriloo.com>
By author: Antonio Vargas <wind@cocodriloo.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Dave, I recall reading there are problems with building an ext2 initrd
> because of the small size, and it seems that ext3 is fine at the moment.
> Just try to tweak the initrd script to do a ext3 (add -j to the mke2fs).
>

Why ext2 as opposed to romfs or cramfs?

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