From: Paul J. <pj...@en...> - 2001-12-05 23:11:06
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On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Patrick Mochel wrote: > > I have a bigtime need to involve myself in the details of this > > boot process. I too, for other reasons, require a ram disk boot. > > IIRC, it was a brain child of Al Viro, then expanded upon by him and > Linus. I don't have a pointer readily available, but the dicussion is in > the linux-kernel archives.. Aha - looks like it's called initramfs - a google search works for anyone else interested in more detail. Thanks, Pat. You just saved me a big chunk of time. I won't rest till it's the best ... Manager, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <pj...@sg...> 1.650.933.1373 |