[U-Boot-Users] ramdisk problem (once again?)

Miguel Angel Alvarez caronteycerbero at gmail.com
Thu Feb 14 15:10:48 CET 2008


Oooopps!

I mismatch my question... I said "if i try to boot from flash" when I 
wanted to say "if I try to boot from ram".

So... The question is: I cannot boot my ramdisk from ram (kernel is also 
in ram)... The rest of the mail was correct.

Thanks for your answers.

Miguel Ángel

Wolfgang Denk escribió:
> In message <47B15940.8030901 at gmail.com> you wrote:
>   
>> The problem: I can start a Linux kernel and its filesystem from flash
>> (linux image made using mkimage, and filesystem in cramfs format).
>> However, if I try to boot them from flash (this time both images have
>> been constructed using mkimage), the kernel starts, but a "No filesystem
>> could mount root, tried:  cramfs romfs" appears.
>>     
> ...
>   
>> As you can see, I do not use initrd param because I suppose it is
>> directly passed to the kernel.
>>     
>
> The kernel.org tree does not recognize  a  ramdisk  image  in  flash.
> Patches  have  been posted here since 2.4.17 times, but never made it
> upstream. See the archives ...
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
>
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