[U-Boot-Users] Is ramdisk a must or not?

Sam Song samsongshu at yahoo.com.cn
Mon Feb 2 16:47:53 CET 2004


Hello,Robert Schwebel,

You wrote:
> No, you don't need a RAM-disk. U-Boot can directly
> boot from a flash
> partition (for example a cramfs or JFFS2 partition).

Thank you a lot.That's really what I want to do next.
 
> Initrds were invented for distributors; they
> normally don't know which hardware the user boots 
> on, but have to supply drivers for every
> possible device. 

So magic. But for the sake of saving flash,I have to
remove it from my application.

Best regards,

Sam




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