initramfs vs initrd
From: Sébastien Chrétien <hidden>
Date: 2008-08-25 12:57:15
Hello, What is the difference between initramfs and initrd ? Sébastien Chrétien
initramfs vs initrd
5 messages, 3 authors, 2008-08-26 · open the first message on its own page
Re: initramfs vs initrd
From: Josh Boyer <hidden>
Date: 2008-08-25 13:10:55
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 02:57:14PM +0200, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien_Chr=E9tien_ wrote:
Hello, What is the difference between initramfs and initrd ?
You could poke around in the Documentation directory of the kernel. That should answer your question. Briefly, initramfs is a gzipped cpio archive. initrd is typically a compressed ext2 filesystem and requires a ramdisk to be unpacked to. josh
Re: initramfs vs initrd
From: Sébastien Chrétien <hidden>
Date: 2008-08-25 14:29:45
ok thank you 2008/8/25, Josh Boyer [off-list ref]:
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 02:57:14PM +0200, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien_Chr=E9tien_ wrote:quoted
Hello, What is the difference between initramfs and initrd ?You could poke around in the Documentation directory of the kernel. That should answer your question. Briefly, initramfs is a gzipped cpio archive. initrd is typically a compressed ext2 filesystem and requires a ramdisk to be unpacked to. josh _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
Re: initramfs vs initrd
From: Sébastien Chrétien <hidden>
Date: 2008-08-25 15:37:27
When the kernel is booting, is it possible to check if the initrd is good ? 2008/8/25, Sébastien Chrétien [off-list ref]:
ok thank you 2008/8/25, Josh Boyer [off-list ref]:quoted
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 02:57:14PM +0200, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien_Chr=E9tien_ wrote:quoted
Hello, What is the difference between initramfs and initrd ?You could poke around in the Documentation directory of the kernel. That should answer your question. Briefly, initramfs is a gzipped cpio archive. initrd is typically a compressed ext2 filesystem and requires a ramdisk to be unpacked to. josh _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
Re: initramfs vs initrd
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <hidden>
Date: 2008-08-26 08:56:20
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, S�bastien Chr�tien wrote:
When the kernel is booting, is it possible to check if the initrd is good ?
Sure, the kernel does some basic checking in init/do_mounts_rd.c. With kind regards, Geert Uytterhoeven Software Architect Sony Techsoft Centre Europe The Corporate Village · Da Vincilaan 7-D1 · B-1935 Zaventem · Belgium Phone: +32 (0)2 700 8453 Fax: +32 (0)2 700 8622 E-mail: Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com Internet: http://www.sony-europe.com/ A division of Sony Europe (Belgium) N.V. VAT BE 0413.825.160 · RPR Brussels Fortis · BIC GEBABEBB · IBAN BE41293037680010