[beagleboard] InitRamFs

2017-01-05 Thread Micka
Hi, I would like how is it initialized in the beaglebone black ? What is initrd.img for ? Micka, -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and sto

Re: [beagleboard] InitRamFs

2017-01-05 Thread William Hermans
You should really google this Micka, But initrd == initial ram disk, and initramfs is a cpio archived initial ram disk. On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 3:50 AM, Micka wrote: > Hi, I would like how is it initialized in the beaglebone black ? > > What is initrd.img for ? > > > Micka, > > -- > For more opt

Re: [beagleboard] InitRamFs

2017-01-05 Thread William Hermans
Well. all this is from memory, so, I'm remembering that initramfs can be of two types, but I seem to recall that there is non compressed, and gzip compressed types of initrd's debian@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install file debian@beaglebone:~$ sudo file /boot/initrd.img-4.4.9-bone-rt-r10 */boot/i

Re: [beagleboard] InitRamFs

2017-01-05 Thread Micka
I saw that. But was not sure. The idea is to save the state of your ram? Thx, On Thu, Jan 5, 2017, 12:14 William Hermans wrote: > You should really google this Micka, > > But initrd == initial ram disk, and initramfs is a cpio archived initial > ram disk. > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 3:50 AM, Mi

Re: [beagleboard] InitRamFs

2017-01-05 Thread William Hermans
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:28 AM, Micka wrote: > I saw that. But was not sure. The idea is to save the state of your ram? > > I don't understand your question. But an initial ram disk is a very minimalist Linux file system that is loaded at boot. Used for loading various drivers, early. So for inst

Re: [beagleboard] InitRamFs

2017-01-05 Thread William Hermans
My last worklog working with the initrd, which by the way is not required _just_to_add_ overlays. Robert has a script that can do this automatically for you. Just keep in mind that I tend to make small mistakes once in a while so my work logs can be superfluous . . . http://pastebin.com/naKbbRWd

Re: [beagleboard] InitRamFs

2017-01-05 Thread William Hermans
Oh, and for additional informational purposes. ~/dev on my system is an NFS share, I would not recommend writing files to the emmc, or an sdcard . .. On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 5:01 AM, William Hermans wrote: > My last worklog working with the initrd, which by the way is not required > _just_to_add

Re: [beagleboard] InitRamFs

2017-01-05 Thread Micka
Thx for all, I understand better what is it now. Micka, Le jeu. 5 janv. 2017 à 13:01, William Hermans a écrit : > My last worklog working with the initrd, which by the way is not required > _just_to_add_ overlays. Robert has a script that can do this automatically > for you. Just keep in mind t