Re: Ramdisk support

On 11/16/06, Oliver Fromme <olli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You don't. It's not necessary. MD_ROOT_SIZE only reserves
space in the kernel image. Then you can use strings(1) to
find the offset in the kernel image, and then write your
image into the reserved space with standard shell tools.


Thanks a lot for the elaborate explanation.


I don't know u-boot. What is that?


u-boot is a bootloader popular in embedded systems. Its often used with Linux.

Regards,
aditya
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