[lug] boot images, ram as root

[D. Stimits]

I've finally managed to create a boot cd that partially succeeds. It
specifies /dev/ram0 for the root mount, and ends up unable to find a
valid device for root filesystem mount. There are a couple of different
forms of ramdisk and ramfs in kernel config, and the one I do *not* have
enabled is CONFIG_RAMFS. I *do* have CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM, which is used
for initial ramdisk support (and I think it does load initrd, but I
can't guarantee it...the kernel is a copy of my main system kernel and
initrd, which works fine). Can anyone verify if CONFIG_RAMFS is needed
to boot an independent boot CD that mounts root on /dev/ram0? There are
other reasons why mount might fail, and since it takes all afternoon to
do a download and burn, I'd like to see if anyone can verify
requirements for an independent boot CD system kernel (if anyone even
has guesses or hints, it would be helpful).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com