Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Aug 2003 20:03:58 +0100 | From | viro@parcelfa ... | Subject | Re: Initramfs |
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 11:28:10AM -0700, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote: > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 07:19, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > Support replacing "initrd=" with "initramfs=", so that bootloaders can > > pass a cpio image into the standard initrd memory space. > > That would be nice to have, but it would also increase the pressure to > fix the cpio unpacker. At least right now, its deficiencies don't cause > many problems, because initramfs is less than convenient to use.
RTFM. cpio -o -H newc should be used to create an archive; _not_ the "binary" format that is default. - 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/
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