linux-kernel - Re: ramdisk

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Date:	Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:04:31 -0400
From:	"linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@...logic.com>
To:	"Xu Yang" <risingsunxy@...glemail.com>
Cc:	"LKML" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ramdisk

On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Xu Yang wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I want to use ramdisk to boot my filesystem, as I can't use NFS and harddisk.
>
> I have load the ramdisk into the ram memory (start address :0x4000000)
>
> and in the boot options I specified : root =dev/ram0 initrd=0x4000000

Since you don't know what the default directory is, perhaps
root should be /dev/ram0. Also, make sure you actually create
those device nodes in /dev

[Snipped...]

> but the kernel said it can not find any file system on it.
>
> regards,
>
> Yang
>

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.30 BogoMips).
My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
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