> After compiling a suitable kernel, running Maybe this is too obvious, but did you include ram disk support in the kernel when you build it ? > >I'm guessing 01:00 are the major and minor numbers of root device. >In my case that's the ramdisk device, which makes sense. In the >prepared filesystem I use, I have: >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jun 12 17:27 ram -> ram0 >brw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 0 Jun 12 17:27 ram0 >brw-r----- 1 root root 1, 1 Jun 12 17:26 ram1 > >Looks okay to me. > The fact that the devices ram0, ram1, etc ... exist does not imply the kernel has been compiled with support for them. Try, using dd for example, to actually create a ram disk. Sorry if this seems stupid, but you never know. E. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail : terkuile@kvi.nl ing. Ernest J.W. ter Kuile Tel. : (NL)(0)50-5633545 Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut Fax. : (NL)(0)50-5634003 Groningen, The Netherlands
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