Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:16:16PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > The correct line would be:
>
> > 0:boot/linux root=/dev/ram initrd=boot/root.bin ramdisk_size=16384 devfs=mount,dall
>
> One thing that seems to be inconsistent here -- the
> boot/i386/syslinux.cfg settings use 'root=/dev/rd/0' as opposed to
> 'root=/dev/ram'. Is there some reason one should be preferred over the
> other? I believe that both should work, but assume that if there's a
> reason to use one over the other, it would apply equally to all
> platforms.
/dev/ram is the non-devfs name. Some bootloaders or the kernel
translate that into major:minor numbers. The devfs name on the other
hand won't get translated.
I think root=/dev/rd/0 on i386 is actually wrong but since an initd is
detected the "root=" is ignored anyway and the initrd is mounted. Could
be wrong though. You could test using /dev/rd/1 and see if it still
works.
MfG
Goswin
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