Re: GRUB question

2013-01-28 Thread horseriver
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:05:35PM +0530, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:07 AM, horseriver horseriv...@gmail.com wrote: hi:) Is /boot/initrd.img a root filesystem? what is the filetype of it? Yes, it's a rootfs with minimal stuff needed for booting a workable system.

Re: GRUB question

2013-01-28 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:10 AM, horseriver horseriv...@gmail.com wrote: Does this /boot/initrd.img file come out when building kernel ? how to build it? you use your distro supplied /sbin/mkinitrd or /sbin/mkinitramfs -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant

Re: GRUB question

2013-01-28 Thread horseriver
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 03:07:13PM +0700, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:10 AM, horseriver horseriv...@gmail.com wrote: Does this /boot/initrd.img file come out when building kernel ? how to build it? you use your distro supplied /sbin/mkinitrd or /sbin/mkinitramfs

Re: GRUB question

2013-01-28 Thread Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:50 PM, horseriver horseriv...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 03:07:13PM +0700, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:10 AM, horseriver horseriv...@gmail.com wrote: Does this /boot/initrd.img file come out when building kernel ? how to

Re: GRUB question

2013-01-28 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:10:36 +0800, horseriver said: On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:05:35PM +0530, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:07 AM, horseriver horseriv...@gmail.com wrote: hi:) Is /boot/initrd.img a root filesystem? what is the filetype of it? Yes, it's a rootfs

Re: GRUB question

2013-01-28 Thread horseriver
Of course, an initrd on floppy is kind of silly, because you still need to find someplace else to fit the actual kernel - which hasn't fit on a floppy for quite some time. Do we must need initrd.img to boot system ? Does this /boot/initrd.img file come out when building kernel

GRUB question

2013-01-27 Thread horseriver
hi:) Is /boot/initrd.img a root filesystem? what is the filetype of it? Can I put initrd.img in a floppy to boot system ? thanks! ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org

Re: GRUB question

2013-01-27 Thread Mandeep Sandhu
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:07 AM, horseriver horseriv...@gmail.com wrote: hi:) Is /boot/initrd.img a root filesystem? what is the filetype of it? Yes, it's a rootfs with minimal stuff needed for booting a workable system. why does this matter. doing 'file /boot/initrd.img' on my system