Re: [LinuxBIOS] how to use ramdisk as rootfs

[Ronald G Minnich]

Richard Smith wrote:
> > support linux-2.6 kernel.  Can I convert my tar.gz
> > file to cpio format as initramfs and make kernel
> > uncompress it and mount it as rootfs on ramdisk
> > automatically?  I'm not so familiar with either initrd
> > or initramfs, where can I find more and clear info
> > about these topics?
>
> There is a little bit of info about initramfs in the kernel tree.
>
> /Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt

I don't recommend initramfs -- just make a cpio initrd. Current 
initramfs support is bug-ridden.

ron