linux-kernel - Re: ramdisk

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Date:	Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:35:46 +0200
From:	"Xu Yang" <risingsunxy@...glemail.com>
To:	"Uli Luckas" <u.luckas@...d.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@...logic.com>
Subject: Re: ramdisk

then is there any new hint about that?
I didn't do the memory patition , would this cause the problem?

2007/9/5, Xu Yang <risingsunxy@...glemail.com>:
> Hi Uli,
>
> yes, it is my mistake. actually in the boot option line It was
> root=/dev/ram0 . sorry for the misleading.
>
> regards,
>
> yang
>
>
> 2007/9/5, Uli Luckas <u.luckas@...d.de>:
> > On Tuesday, 4. September 2007, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> > > 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
> > >
> > Hey Dick,
> > where exactly (on which file system) is Xu supposed to create the device
> > nodes? ;-)
> > Xu's problem is, he can't mount his _root_ filesystem in the first place.
> > Therefore I doubt it'd help to have some device nodes somewhere ...
> >
> > Xu,
> > all answers to your posting commented on your kernel command line. The command
> > line you quoted contains "root =dev/ram0".
> > You probably meant to write "root=/dev/ram0". To not waste our time, please
> > clarify if this was a typo before asking further questions.
> >
> > regards,
> > Uli
> >
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