RE: Creating an initrd
On 08-May-2001 Stefan Srdic wrote:
> I've compiled the 2.4.3 kernel on my patato box. I'm interrested in
> creating my own initial RAM disk (initrd) to speed up my boot process.
>
> Does anybody know of any good HOW-TO's on initrd's?
>
> Does anybody have some insight to share?
>
Fairly easy to make, biggest snag is you really have to be root to make them
properly.
You need a /dev populated with enough entries for the hardware you care about.
Other than that the file system can contain whatever you want/need.
I think I started seeing issues around 5 - 8 mb sized initrd files.
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