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20 years ago

ramfs.img

Dear everyone,

I look into a etc/rc file , I can't understand the list well

/bin/expand /etc/ramfs.img /dev/ram0

mount -t ext2 /dev/ram0 /var

could you tell me waht the expand do and whtthe ramfs.img is ?

Best Regards!

feiwu

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    20 years ago

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    originally posted by feiwu@Jun 29 2006, 11:57 AM

    dear everyone,

    i look into a etc/rc file , i can't understand the list well

    /bin/expand /etc/ramfs.img /dev/ram0

    mount -t ext2 /dev/ram0 /var

    could you tell me waht the expand do and whtthe ramfs.img is ?

    best regards!

    feiwu

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    We use initramfs, it is much easier than romfs/ramfs.

    see the wiki,

    http://nioswiki.jot.com/%c2%b5clinux (http://nioswiki.jot.com/%c2%b5clinux)