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From: Alexandr Andreev <andreev@niisi.msk.ru>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Using cramfs as root filesystem on diskless machine
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:35:01 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B2A0F05.6050902@niisi.msk.ru> (raw)

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.


             reply	other threads:[~2001-06-15 14:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-06-15 13:35 Alexandr Andreev [this message]
     [not found] ` <14506.992621390@redhat.com>
2001-06-15 17:16   ` Using cramfs as root filesystem on diskless machine Alexandr Andreev
2001-06-15 18:27 ` David L. Parsley
2001-06-19 13:24   ` Alexandr Andreev
2001-06-19 14:04     ` David L. Parsley
2001-06-19 15:08       ` how to display proxy arp addresses using "ip neigh" from iproute2 Christopher Friesen
2001-06-21  5:16         ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-06-19 15:44       ` Using cramfs as root filesystem on diskless machine Alexandr Andreev
2001-06-19 16:36         ` Stephane Casset
2001-06-17 16:28 ` Pavel Machek
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106151824240.28914-100000@imladris.demon.co.uk>
2001-06-15 17:35 ` Alexandr Andreev

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