[klibc] initramfs gunzip problems.
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Fri Nov 14 10:47:38 PST 2003
Dave Dodge wrote:
>>
>>I'm building the archive by hand and then specify it on the command line
>>with initrd=
>
> I think that's your problem. An initramfs is normally linked directly
> into the kernel binary. It becomes part of bzImage and is not a
> separate file. There's no special option like "initrd=" needed for the
> kernel or bootloader.
>
initrd= should work, though. In fact, one should be able to combine
in-kernel initramfs with initrd= initramfs -- this is one of the
beautiful features of initramfs.
-hpa
More information about the klibc
mailing list