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| author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 1998-08-25 09:12:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 1998-08-25 09:12:35 +0000 |
| commit | c7fc24dc4420057f103afe8fc64524ebc25c5d37 (patch) | |
| tree | 3682407a599b8f9f03fc096298134cafba1c9b2f /Documentation/initrd.txt | |
| parent | 1d793fade8b063fde3cf275bf1a5c2d381292cd9 (diff) | |
o Merge with Linux 2.1.116.
o New Newport console code.
o New G364 console code.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/initrd.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/initrd.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/initrd.txt b/Documentation/initrd.txt index 220fcb150..acc2315a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/initrd.txt +++ b/Documentation/initrd.txt @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ initrd adds the following new options: the intermediate step of going via initrd adds a little speed advantage and it allows the use of a compressed file system. Also, together with LOADLIN you may load the RAM disk directly from - CDrom or disk, hence having a floppyless boot from CD, + CDROM or disk, hence having a floppyless boot from CD, e.g.: E:\loadlin E:\bzImage root=/dev/ram initrd=E:\rdimage @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Installation First, the "normal" root file system has to be prepared as follows: -# mknod /dev/initrd b 0 250 +# mknod /dev/initrd b 1 250 # chmod 400 /dev/initrd # mkdir /initrd @@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ boot time, but the system loaded from initrd can use a user-friendly dialog and it can also perform some sanity checks (or even some form of auto-detection). -Last not least, CDrom distributors may use it for better installation from CD, -either using a LILO boot floppy and bootstrapping a bigger ramdisk via -initrd from CD, or using LOADLIN to directly load the ramdisk from CD +Last not least, CDROM distributors may use it for better installation from CD, +either using a LILO boot floppy and bootstrapping a bigger RAM disk via +initrd from CD, or using LOADLIN to directly load the RAM disk from CD without need of floppies. Since initrd is a fairly generic mechanism, it is likely that additional |