Re: 2.4.1: cramfs and initrd
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 10:49:37PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> But why are you compiling cramfs in if you're using ext2 initrd images?
> The images I make can't handle ext2 images anyway since ext2 isn't compiled
> in.
Well, I took it from the kernel-source changelog and the description
in the mkcramfs deb, that cramfs would be the norm for your kernels in
the future. Since I needed an initrd (I'm running boot+root on LVM),
I thought I'd give cramfs a go.
Unfortunately, I need a writable /etc to activate the LVM volumes.
I made it work with tmpfs, but it was clumsy. I switched to ext2 when I
discovered I could gzip about 1MB of files in a 4MB ext2 down to 384KB.
That's about 2/3 the size of the equivalent cramfs and easily fits on a
rescue floppy.
I left cramfs in as I thought I might be sorry later if I left it out ...
It took me ages to figure out why my ext2 ramdisks broke. :-P
Mark.
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