> > The latest kernels for ARM support NFS mounting their root
> filesystems over
> > a network, whatever that may be (wired or wireless). I'm
> currently doing it
> > with Ethernet. The secret is the same as for a PC running
> diskless: use an
> > initial ramdisk image to get everything going. PCMCIA
> drivers can be
> > compiled in or loaded as modules from the ramdisk image.
> Compile in the
> > kernel command line parameters, do the network
> initializations in a shell
> > script called "/linuxrc", mount the new filesystem over the
> net, then run
> > 'init' from there. Works like a champ.
>
> Definitely a cute hack :)
> Is there any way to reclaim the space used by the ramdisk after
> you have the real filesystem mounted?
>
> David/absolute
Use 'freeramdisk.c' to flush out the buffer. If you create a directory
"/initrd" on your NFS root filesystem the ramdisk will be re-mounted there
after the NFS filesystem is mounted if you wish to keep it around.
//Jeff
Received on Fri Jul 28 06:53:05 2000
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