Re: Initramfs and root space
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Hi Yves, It has been a while since I have run a LFS system, and I also type this from memory. Please bear with me :-) As far as I know the trick is to start from a small initial ramdisk, then mount a big partition somewhere, and then use pivot_root to swap the 2 mountpoints. Best regards, Cedric >----Origineel Bericht---- >Van : [email protected] >Datum : 23/10/2013 15:57 >Aan : [email protected] >Onderwerp : Initramfs and root space > >Hi, > >I try to boot from ethernet my own Linux FS : > >- create an initramfs with a simple and very minimal fedora structure : ok >- boot with DHCP with a 2.6 kernel : ok >- kernel load the initramfs : ok >- a custom init.sh script is call : ok > >So after the boot I have a Linux OS with an initramfs as filesystem. > >With the initramfs, I have compiled some minimal applications. > >The aim of this minimal boot is to make things without to have to mount >a hard disk or another filesystem. > >My problem is that some applications, like mail, complain that disk >space is insuficient, and of course, df / result : > >df / >Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >- 0 0 0 - / > >So, how to make the initramfs have a mountpoint with a real capacity >(capacity = RAM capacity ?) > >Thanks for any help > >Yves > > >-- >http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page