Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:17:31 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][Patch] Allow not mounting a root fs |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote: > 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?)
It gets initialized very early, and a lot of the setup needed for tmpfs to work isn't ready yet.
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