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Date:      Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:01:43 -0800
From:      Eric M Logan <ericmlogan@mediaone.net>
To:        Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ramdisks and mfs...
Message-ID:  <3ABA8457.A644C280@mediaone.net>
References:  <15033.28284.778431.468125@guru.mired.org> <3AB9B07F.E6F9D481@mediaone.net> <15034.1210.849837.67514@guru.mired.org> <3ABA5B59.6A6330C4@mediaone.net> <15034.27254.538073.247625@guru.mired.org> <3ABA7424.6036B736@mediaone.net> <20010322165925.A9880@cec.wustl.edu>

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Thanks, time to buy some dirt cheap ram.  :)

Andrew Hesford wrote:

> Modify the MD_NSECT variable, yes.
>
> The MD_ROOT_SIZE=10 allows you to specify the size of a blank spot in
> the kernel for storing an md_image file. This well become your root
> device if you allow md root devices.
>
> By the way, can somebody please tell me how to put an md_image into the
> kernel like that? Is it just with some careful use of dd, is there a
> make flag, or some other method? I haven't been able to figure it out.
>
> Likewise, how can I extract the md_image from the kernel, if I want to
> modify it? PicoBSD builds a kernel with md_image built right in, but I
> can't figure out how to get the md_image in order to add some binaries.
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:52:36PM -0800, Eric M Logan wrote:
> > would I do this using the "MD_ROOT_SIZE=10" or "MD_NSECT=40000" option in the
> > kernel config?  Thanks
> --
> Andrew Hesford
> ajh3@chmod.ath.cx

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