[Buildroot] Getting It into Compact Flash

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 12/12/12 17:12, Ted Wood wrote:
> OK Next question:
>
> I’ve built a kernel image and a file system image.
>
> I’ve manually installed Grub 2 and a grub.cfg file which looks like this:
>
> menuentry ‘Buildroot’
>
> {
>
> set root=’(hd0,msdos1)’
>
> echo ‘Loading Kernel’)
>
> linux /boot/bzimage
>
> echo ‘Loading Root FS’
>
> initrd /boot/rootfs.ext2
>
> }

  For an initrd, you should use a cpio filesystem rather than ext2:

- ext2 adds overhead that is completely unnecessary for a ramdisk;

- if you use anything else than static device management, the devtmps
will not be mounted automatically by the kernel; the cpio filesystem
adds a /init script that mounts it for you.

  I thought this was now clearly explained in the manual, is it not?

  Regards,
  Arnout

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