RAMDISK as root device

Jun 08, 2004 0 Replies

Hi,



I am running linux in a mips environment and I would like it to boot off of a ramdisk that I have loaded at a fixed address in memory. I don't want linux to copy the RAMDISK data to buffer heads etc. while booting since it is time-consuming in my setup(actually software simulation). What I would like to do is



- Build a linux with no RAMDISK embedded in it.



- Preload the RAMDISK at address X.



- Boot linux with "g root=address X" or any other way.



Is this possible? Will the RAMDISK be treated like a block device in this case?



thanks, Manoj


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