On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi all,
>
>     i have an idea about loading grub2' file (.mod, fonts, images) from
> disk: since core.img is the kernel why not make related stuffs into a
> 'initrd' file? the reason is, so many files will be loaded from media, we
> may need more time to do this from a cd/dvd.
>
>     is there any possible?

Hi,

This function is already in grub2, it's called memdisk. The basic idea
is that you can pack all the files you want into a archive file such
as cpio or tar, then embed it in core.img. After startup, the files
can be accessed with the (memdisk) device.

-- 
Bean


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