From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:30:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:30:43 -0400 Received: from [199.111.154.8] ([199.111.154.8]:18698 "EHLO penguin.roanoke.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:30:29 -0400 Message-ID: <3B2A538A.BA62148A@linuxjedi.org> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:27:22 -0400 From: "David L. Parsley" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.1-pre7 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexandr Andreev CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Using cramfs as root filesystem on diskless machine In-Reply-To: <3B2A0F05.6050902@niisi.msk.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mathias Killian wrote a patch to allow cramfs initrd's, see: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-01/1064.html Alexandr Andreev wrote: > > Hi, list. > > My MIPS machine has no any disks or flopies. So i obliged to use a RAM > disk with a file system on it, which is mounted as root. > I use gzipped initrd image, which is linked to the special section in the > kernel during compilation. Now, the RAM disk size is really big, so i > decide > to use cramfs instead of ext2. In scripts/cramfs/ I found an utility that > creates cramfs file system image. But i read in rd.c, that RAM disk driver > doesn't support the cramfs. > > After i create an image, how can i mount it as root file system? Where i > must put it? Which kernel command line options i must use? > > Please answer, or point me to any documentation or mailing list. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" 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.tux.org/lkml/ -- David L. Parsley Network Administrator, Roanoke College "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton