Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-25,: [?]initial file system,linux-kernel-mips-r3k,no extra boot loader

# [?]initial file system,linux-kernel-mips-r3k,no extra boot loader

jmt (kevin@idns.gv.com.tw)
Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:46:49 +0800

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Howdy,Janos
Our platform is mips-r3k,we want no extra boot loader(linux-kernel is booted from rom)
However,The normal initrd is loaded by loadlin or lilo
Is it possible to port initrd-loader of loadlin/lilo to mips-r3k?
Or is there somebody already done that?
This is very urgent!
Thx in advanced!:)

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寄件者: Janos Farkas
傳送日期: 1999年6月23日 PM 09:03
收件者 jmt
副本: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
主旨: Re: file system

On 1999-06-23 at 18:01:56, jmt wrote:
> How to link romfs-image with "vmlinux"(linux-kernel) &how to patch
> linux-kernel to make it auto-mount the linked romfs-image at boot
> time?

Check the documentation on the initrd (initial ramdisk) feature, it
allows a filesystem to be mounted at boot time, just before mounting the
'real' root, and do what you want with it. (One place to find this is
the kernel: .../Documentation/initrd.txt)

Furthermore, you'll need to consult the documentation of your bootloader
(lilo, loadlin, syslinux, etc), to learn how it allows to specify this
"initrd" image.

Any more questions?

Janos

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