In message <20060806040329.51416.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote: > I built Linux kernel (V2.4) as follows: > - Created EXT2 ramdisk.gz as documented in Documentation/ramdisk.txt > - The ramdisk contains the content of buildroot/build_mipsel/root/, which contains bin, etc, lib, linuxrc, sbin (sh.. etc), usr. I also created under /dev console null, tty*.... > - Copied ramdisk.gz to /linux/arc/mips/ramdisk/ ... > Tracing down the codes, I noticed I got EXT2-fs error. Your ramdisk is probably much bigger than the kernel's default of 4 MB. Please see the FAQ at http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/RamdiskGreaterThan4MBCausesProblems Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@xxxxxxx My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.