[BusyBox] ramdisk howto

[Denis Vlasenko]

> > My initrd is in tarball at http://195.66.192.168/linux/initrd/
> > (untar and run mkimg to make ext2 image).
> > 
> > I booted my system over NFS with it by supplying these
> > kernel boot params:
> > 
> > root=/dev/ram
> > init=/linuxrc
> > devfs=nomount
> > ROOTFS=172.17.0.1:/.rootfs/.std
> > IPCFG=mac,100mbit,ipbrd
> > IP=172.17.2.31/16
> > DEFROUTE=172.17.0.1
> > INIT=/init
> > 
> > You will probably want to set INIT=/sbin/init.
> > --
> > vda
> > 
> 
> Thank you, but I'm looking for the steps to create an initrd
> image. I guess this is more a Linux specific question as opposed
> to a BusyBox specific question.

Please do download the tarball. It does _not_ contain ready image.
Look into mkimg script and you will get exactly what you asked for,
"steps to create an initrd image"
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