Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] bootable iso9660 CD without initrd
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:37:47
Message-Id: 20091007173744.20059.qmail@stuge.se
In Reply to: [gentoo-embedded] bootable iso9660 CD without initrd by Karl Hiramoto
1 Karl Hiramoto wrote:
2 > Does anyone know if this is possible, and if there are examples
3 > anywhere on how to do it?
4
5 Not possible I think - you need a root device with a fully functional
6 filesystem. Maybe you can hack something up with UMSDOS (IIRC) but I
7 doubt it. If you need a CD, make a minimal initramfs which mounts
8 your ro filesystem using loopback.
9
10
11 //Peter

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Re: [gentoo-embedded] bootable iso9660 CD without initrd Karl Hiramoto <karl@××××××××.org>