Re: [openpsion] running linux from the psion 5mx ram disk. Is it possible?

[<edw...@ti...>]

While there used to be loads of initrds, they've all dissapeared over 
time. Probably just as well, as we don't need the old ones! There are 
still some on here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-7110/files/

Best thing to do though, is probably go to http://revol.sourceforge.
net/download.shtml and use the initrd from there - that should give you 
a fairly complete system. You'll still want to use the 5mx kernel 
though.

Regards,

Ed

>----Original Message----
>From: dg...@co...
>Date: 02/10/2009 14:07 
>To: <lin...@li...>
>Subj: Re: [openpsion] running linux from the psion 5mx ram disk. Is 
it possible?
>
>James RM wrote:
>[...]
>> Have searched the archive but couldn't find anything on running 
linux 
>> from the internal ram disk of the 5mx, is it possible?
>
>Bad news, I'm afraid --- the 5mx doesn't have an internal ram disk! 
What 
>you're seeing in EPOC is files simply stored in system RAM, which is 
why 
>booting Linux wipes them.
>
>That said, the answer to your question is yes. Linux has its own 
>mechanism for storing files in system RAM. However, it'll get wiped 
>every time you boot. What you want is a system with a full working 
root 
>fs in the initrd. While this should be easy to do --- installers tend 
to 
>do this as a matter of course --- I don't know if anyone's made one, 
though.
>
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