2001-04-03 17:03:10

by Steffen Grunewald

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Subject: How to make ramdisk based system?

Please forgive me that this is not exactly a kernel question.

I'm trying to figure out how to make a primaryly ram-disk based
Linux system (which should then be able to access "real" storage,
but that is really the last step).

Could some kind soul please point me to a HOWTO or cookbook how
to build such a system (there are boot/root floppy systems around,
but I cannot figure out how to create them or something similar,
and "live filesystem" CDs seem to be no longer en vogue)?

Many thanks,

Steffen
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2001-04-04 04:45:37

by lintux

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Subject: Re: How to make ramdisk based system?

Just like Steffen Grunewald, an infinite number of monkeys can type this:
> I'm trying to figure out how to make a primaryly ram-disk based
> Linux system (which should then be able to access "real" storage,
> but that is really the last step).
>
initrd???

/usr/src/linux/Documentation/initrd.txt

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