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| author |   Peter Hjalmarsson <xake@rymdraket.net> | 2012-04-09 20:36:56 +0200 |
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| committer |   Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> | 2012-10-15 17:00:46 -0700 |
| commit | a9a3c6d173b9e3e21080f7b493756fda359f8ebd (patch) | |
| tree | 369e56164b4404677581f88d8b6ec26e8b117161 /README | |
| parent | Bump to 3.4.44.2 with depmod corner cases by xake. (diff) | |
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Update the documentation to reflect current status
We only support creating initramfs nowdays, so RAM disk support is not needed.
Since initramfs does not need root=/dev/ram0 (and we actually ignore it if it is set),
we should not tell people to use it.
We should also stop tell people to use real_root.
Conflicts:
genkernel
Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -21,18 +21,13 @@ PORTING: IMPORTANT KERNEL NOTES: - You MUST have /dev/pts turned on. - "Block devices->Loopback device support" - "Block devices->RAM disk support" - To boot genkernel properly, the kernel config must have - RAM disk support and Initial RAM disk support. You should - also set your "Default RAM disk size to 8192" + Initial RAM disk support. BOOTING A KERNEL WITH INITRD: GRUB: - real_root= needs to point to your root partition - root= needs to point to the ramdisk (should stay at /dev/ram0) - init= needs to point to the linuxrc file to execute on the ramdisk + root= needs to point to your root partition vga= should be the resolution you want your screen. 0x317 is 1024x768 - 16bpp and you'll get a pretty splash if configured properly @@ -40,5 +35,5 @@ BOOTING A KERNEL WITH INITRD: GRUB EXAMPLE ENTRY: title=2.6.0 [ Genkernel ] root (hd0,0) - kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.0-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 + kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.0-gentoo root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.0-gentoo |