[GLLUG] linuxrc

[Todd Torrey]

Mostly I'm just learning at this point. I would like to eventually try to 
load a compressed root filesystem into tmpfs from a compact flash card 
attached to /dev/hdc. It would go something like this:
1. boot with initrd from compact flash
2. linuxrc executes and creates tmpfs
3. compressed root image is copied into tmpfs from flash and decompressed
4. chroot to tmpfs
5. init runs ...etc.etc

This way the entire filesystem is ram based which saves wear and tear on the 
CF card.

>From: "Melson, Paul" <PMelson at sequoianet.com>
>
>You can build a new initrd image using mkinitrd, but I'm not certain how
>to (or if it's even wise to) modify an existing initrd image.  What
>precisely are you hoping to achieve by modifying linuxrc?
>
>PaulM

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