On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> The initial RAM disk image is created using the loop device. You
> can create a RAM disk image for initrd by using the ram device.
> However, that doesn't work once the system has been booted off
> it (try it, be ready for a complete hang).
So don't use ext2fs for the initial RAM disk image :)) We use romfs in KSI
Linux instead for a very long time and we're quite happy with it. As a
matter of fact, we have all filesystems (including ext2fs) and all block
devises (including IDE) in modules. The only things built-in are initial RAM
disk and romfs...
One don't need a loopback device to create a romfs image...
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