Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:33:28 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"? |
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Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > > All right. > I see that initramfs is attached to the kernel itself. > > So it leaves me only a question: will I fit all tools into 300 kB > (considering I'll use uClibc and busybox)? >
You don't need to use busybox and have a bunch of tools.
The klibc distribution comes with "kinit", which does the equivalent to the kernel root-mounting code; it's in the tens of kilobytes, at least on x86. If you're using ARM, you can compile it as Thumb.
-hpa
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