On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 09:27:06PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > 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. That would suggest that the root= option is completely superfluous and should be omitted on all architectures. I definitely see correct behavior when booting with root=/dev/rd/0 on my alpha (though I'm not currently in a position to test root=/dev/rd/1). -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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