Mailing List Archive: ramdisk load

ramdisk load

May 5, 2002, 2:39 PM

Post #1 of 3 (1082 views)

Hello!

I'd like to load a ramdisk with syslinux, but from another disk.

And I've found this in the syslinux faq:

"An initrd is loaded from a DOS file if the option "initrd=filename"
(where filename is the filename of the initrd image; the file must be
located in the root directory on the boot floppy)"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

But I'd like to replace the floppy, and load a ramdisk file from
another disk.

What parameters should I give the kernel? I t've tried many variations
of initrd, but failed...

Thanks for your help in advance.

Csao
Slider

ramdisk load [ In reply to ]

hpa at zytor

May 5, 2002, 1:01 PM

Post #2 of 3 (1031 views)

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Bolya Imre wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'd like to load a ramdisk with syslinux, but from another disk.
>
> And I've found this in the syslinux faq:
>
> "An initrd is loaded from a DOS file if the option "initrd=filename"
> (where filename is the filename of the initrd image; the file must be
> located in the root directory on the boot floppy)"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> But I'd like to replace the floppy, and load a ramdisk file from
> another disk.
>
> What parameters should I give the kernel? I t've tried many variations
> of initrd, but failed...
>

Not supported.

-hpa

ramdisk load [ In reply to ]

jsiemes at web

May 7, 2002, 3:03 AM

Post #3 of 3 (1025 views)

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Hi,

> I'd like to load a ramdisk with syslinux, but from another disk.
>
> And I've found this in the syslinux faq:
>
> "An initrd is loaded from a DOS file if the option "initrd=filename"
> (where filename is the filename of the initrd image; the file must be
> located in the root directory on the boot floppy)"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> But I'd like to replace the floppy, and load a ramdisk file from
> another disk.
>
> What parameters should I give the kernel? I t've tried many variations
> of initrd, but failed...

You could give syslinux a small initrd to load, and handle the rest
in the initrd itself. So the linuxrc prompts for another disk, and
loads & mounts the disk where suitable. It's a bit of work, but should
do what you want.

Regards,

Josef
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