>May be it was discussed but I havn't answer. >So my question is: why only supported media to load >initial ramdisk is floppy?
Who said that? Linux LiveCDs all load it from CD, and since the kernel provides initramfs, the initrd can also be loaded from within the kernel itself. >In embedded systems it's more other suitable devices >such as mtdblock, etc. So why not to add some code >to support loading compressed initrd images from >any block device. It's can reduce boot up time. Though, I am seeing your point. The initrd= option does not seem to take block devices, so this must be a bootloader feature - because the bootloader needs to load the initrd into some memory location so the kernel can play with afterwards. >It is usual practice in embedded world to use ramdisk >as a root. >Any comments? root=/dev/ram0 initrd=somefile_on_the_iso init=/my_favorite_file_in_the_initrd Works wonders. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/