Re: [Fwd: Alpha Debian Netinst]
Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> writes:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 09:27:06PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> 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).
Since we dropped /linuxrc and use /sbin/init now on all archs it
probably doesn't matter if /dev/ram or /dev/rd/0 is used as long as
devfs is used too.
MfG
Goswin
Reply to: