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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:26:23 +0530
From:      "Aditya Godbole" <aag.lists@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ramdisk support
Message-ID:  <2f3a439f0611160556o6e643561sf45bccab2ad769ad@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200611161335.kAGDZKH4063973@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <2f3a439f0611160038g5349f25bn8a1970120bc52b0@mail.gmail.com> <200611161335.kAGDZKH4063973@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On 11/16/06, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote:
>
> You don't.  It's not necessary.  MD_ROOT_SIZE only reserves
> space in the kernel image.  Then you can use strings(1) to
> find the offset in the kernel image, and then write your
> image into the reserved space with standard shell tools.
>

Thanks a lot for the elaborate explanation.

>
> I don't know u-boot.  What is that?
>

u-boot is a bootloader popular in embedded systems. Its often used with Linux.

Regards,
aditya



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