ramdisk question...Please respond. Thanks

Hi, I am a newbie to linux . I am using x86 architecture with 1GB ram.

when i compile the kernel, i get this bvmlinux.out executable.

My requirement is that i need to boot my board with ramdisk. so this is what i did,

I have loaded the bvmlinix.out at 0x100000 and ramdisk at 0x20000000.

I have modified the kernel code to hardcode the address of the ramdisk to the kernel. Then i ask BIOS to jump to location 0x100000.

{ Note that i am not using any bootloader and the BIOS switch the processor to protected mode and has some more instructions(not sure what they are)

before it jumps to the kernel}

in arch/i386/kernel/setup.c ==> function: setup_memory(void)

....

i have removed all the code under #defined CONFIG_BLK_DEVINITRD

and replaced with the fiollowing line:

initrd_start = 0x20000000

function: setup_arch(char ** cmdline_p)

...

//I have added below line

rd_image_start = 0x20000000;

setup_memory-region(); //This is already present in the code

..

in init/main.c:: function: start_kernel(void)

...

calibrate_delay(); // This is existing code

i have removed all the code under #defined CONFIG_BLK_DEVINITRD

and replaced with the fiollowing line:

initrd_start = phys_to_virt(0x20000000);

mem_init(); //This is existing code

With all the above changes, i am able to mount the ramdisk properly. But the kernel is panic'ing as it could not find "/sbin/init"

i have all the required files in the ramdisk.i even tried with init=/bin/sh. still the kernel panics.

I believe somewhere kernel might be using the memory where the ramdisk is located. This is because if i increase my ram to 2GB then

i could reach the shell.

Can you please tell me what is that i am missing?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Uday