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Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:37 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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>> Not quite. It is actually inside the kernel binary. You are thinking of |
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>> an initrd. |
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>> Look at these files: |
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>> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt. |
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>> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/early-userspace/README |
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> The initramfs cpio archive does not HAVE to be inside the kernel |
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> binary. It may be assembled as a separate file (perhaps in /boot), and |
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> passed to the kernel by the bootloader, just as Rich describes. |
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> See the section "External initramfs images" in ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt. |
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There's a great doc at: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs |
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HTH, |
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igli. |
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