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1) Overview
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2) Kernel Command Line Parameters
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3) Using "rdev -r"
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- 4) An Example of Creating a Compressed RAM Disk
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+ 4) An Example of Creating a Compressed RAM Disk
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1) Overview
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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ make it clearer. The original "ramdisk=<ram_size>" has been kept around for
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compatibility reasons, but it may be removed in the future.
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The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images,
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-allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or
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+allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or
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rescue floppy disk.
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ default is 4096 (4 MB) (8192 (8 MB) on S390).
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This parameter tells the RAM disk driver how many bytes to use per block. The
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-default is 512.
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+default is 1024 (BLOCK_SIZE).
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3) Using "rdev -r"
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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ These numbers are no magical secrets, as seen below:
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./arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:#define RAMDISK_PROMPT_FLAG 0x8000
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./arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:#define RAMDISK_LOAD_FLAG 0x4000
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-Consider a typical two floppy disk setup, where you will have the
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+Consider a typical two floppy disk setup, where you will have the
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kernel on disk one, and have already put a RAM disk image onto disk #2.
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Hence you want to set bits 0 to 13 as 0, meaning that your RAM disk
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@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ Since the default start = 0 and the default prompt = 1, you could use:
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append = "load_ramdisk=1"
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-4) An Example of Creating a Compressed RAM Disk
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+4) An Example of Creating a Compressed RAM Disk
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To create a RAM disk image, you will need a spare block device to
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construct it on. This can be the RAM disk device itself, or an
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-unused disk partition (such as an unmounted swap partition). For this
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+unused disk partition (such as an unmounted swap partition). For this
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example, we will use the RAM disk device, "/dev/ram0".
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Note: This technique should not be done on a machine with less than 8 MB
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