Re: Kernel 2.6.2, initrd, /dev/ram

[der . eremit]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:20:08 +0100, you wrote in linux.kernel:

> However, the kernel will boot but -not- enter the ramdisk if
> root=/dev/ram. The entry has to be changed to root=/dev/ram0 in order
> for a successful boot.

Just use /dev/ram0, works in 2.4, too...

No idea why it was changed, but /dev/ram0 is at least a real LSB device
name, unlike /dev/ram (look on a real /dev, /dev/ram is usually a symlink
only present for backwards compatibility).

-- 
Ciao,
Pascal
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