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Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 23:13:40 +0200 (CEST)
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][Patch] Allow not mounting a root fs
On Jul 7 2007 13:56, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> On Jul 5 2007 19:08, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>>> BTW: Is it possible to mount a tmpfs on / before extracting the cpio?
>>> Not in the stock kernel. There have been some patches floating around
>>> for that, I think.
>>
>> What would it buy? rootfs is a tmpfs, is not it?
>
>No, rootfs is ramfs.
Thanks for clarifying. Well, why is it a ramfs, and not tmpfs?
(I think I know the difference, but the question stands.
A system without any swap somewhat equals a ramfs, or?)
Jan
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