/dev/ram in ramdisk_image.gz

[Brian Hawley]

ext2 is configured in the kernel.

At 11:11 PM 5/19/04 +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

>In message <4.2.2.20040519130806.050a0340 at bhawley.mailhost.luminex.com>
>you wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know if the ramdisk_image.gz on the DENX site for the ppc has
> > the /dev/ram device
> > already created?
>
>Yes, it has. But it doesn't need to. The kernel cannot look into /dev
>before mounting the root filesystem anyway.
>
> > When we boot an initrd [ created using mkimage from uboot on the
> > ramdisk_image.gz ], we get
> >
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on ram0
> > <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds..<6>eth0: Link is Up
>
>Must be a problem with your kernel and/or your  kernel  configuration
>(for example: do you have ext2 support enabled?).
>
>Best regards,
>
>Wolfgang Denk
>
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