[syslinux] ramdisk load
Josef Siemes
jsiemes at web.de
Tue May 7 04:03:08 PDT 2002
Hi,
> I'd like to load a ramdisk with syslinux, but from another disk.
>
> And I've found this in the syslinux faq:
>
> "An initrd is loaded from a DOS file if the option "initrd=filename"
> (where filename is the filename of the initrd image; the file must be
> located in the root directory on the boot floppy)"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> But I'd like to replace the floppy, and load a ramdisk file from
> another disk.
>
> What parameters should I give the kernel? I t've tried many variations
> of initrd, but failed...
You could give syslinux a small initrd to load, and handle the rest
in the initrd itself. So the linuxrc prompts for another disk, and
loads & mounts the disk where suitable. It's a bit of work, but should
do what you want.
Regards,
Josef
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