On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:07 AM, horseriver <horserivers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi:) > > Is /boot/initrd.img a root filesystem? what is the filetype of it? Yes, it's a rootfs with minimal stuff needed for booting a workable system. why does this matter. doing 'file /boot/initrd.img....' on my system shows its a gzip compressed file. > > Can I put initrd.img in a floppy to boot system ? I think you can. Provided you have the floppy driver compiled into your kernel. CMIIW. -mandeep > > thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
