[GLLUG] linuxrc

[Melson, Paul]

Gotcha.  Check out the Linux PCMCIA howto.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/pdf/PCMCIA-HOW
TO.pdf 

PaulM


> -----Original Message-----
> 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.