Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755566AbXIELf5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:35:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752734AbXIELft (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:35:49 -0400 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.190]:19782 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752628AbXIELfs (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:35:48 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NVb5POC8MqQKAPGZhBAY9Ffa3zf8dyY1n3T0fuBLEhzMtYr0MDHi4XCkqlQwKUG45/gcdTtKqfrGNcdTXVips6612/pBLXfNDhJplq1GVfBrJciqS9ZSsfZXjoO3lXlDq6Nya/qvDQ+za/kze22qZqGojHp4+MA4sPIh2Z9tgw0= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:35:46 +0200 From: "Xu Yang" To: "Uli Luckas" Subject: Re: ramdisk Cc: LKML , "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200709051007.41085.u.luckas@road.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2110 Lines: 66 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 : > 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 : > > 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 > > > > -- > > > > ------- ROAD ...the handyPC Company - - - ) ) ) > > > > Uli Luckas > > Software Development > > > > ROAD GmbH > > Bennigsenstr. 14 | 12159 Berlin | Germany > > fon: +49 (30) 230069 - 64 | fax: +49 (30) 230069 - 69 > > url: www.road.de > > > > Amtsgericht Charlottenburg: HRB 96688 B > > Managing directors: Hans-Peter Constien, Hubertus von Streit > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/