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[Matrix Mole <matrixm AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Matrix Mole wrote:
> > Would it be possible to create say a ramdisk labeled C:
> > that emulated an IDE device, and actually copy the fs.img
> > file into that
>
> You could certainly create a DOS ramdisk and copy fs.img
> to it, but as soon as you booted Linux the ramdisk would
> disappear.  AFAIK there is no way for Linux to inherit
> an existing ramdisk from DOS.

So, let me see if I have this right. We could have the CD create a ram 
disk as C:, then create the directory c:\baslin and load the fs.img file 
into the baslin directory on the ramdisk, then let initfs load fs.img as 
the loop device. At what point in the process does will the ram drive be 
lost? If its after the loop device is loaded, then this may work as a 
solution for creating the bootable CD for use on machines without an 
existing HD. If the ram drive is lost prior to the loop device being 
loaded obviously, then this won't work.

If it will work the way I've suggested, then the ram drive will be lost, 
and all the memory that was used to create the ram drive will be freed up 
for use in linux. Of course, this won't be much of an option for low end 
systems like what BL3 was designed for, as they won't have the RAM 
available for creating the 100+MB ramdisk.

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Matrix Mole
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