Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Jul 2007 23:13:40 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][Patch] Allow not mounting a root fs |
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On Jul 7 2007 13:56, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> On Jul 5 2007 19:08, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >>>> BTW: Is it possible to mount a tmpfs on / before extracting the cpio? >>> Not in the stock kernel. There have been some patches floating around >>> for that, I think. >> >> What would it buy? rootfs is a tmpfs, is not it? > >No, rootfs is ramfs.
Thanks for clarifying. Well, why is it a ramfs, and not tmpfs? (I think I know the difference, but the question stands. A system without any swap somewhat equals a ramfs, or?)
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