minimal progs for mounting the root-fs

[Lx]-=Mystify=- · Apprentice Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 180

hi...

i know this sounds really weird, cause initrd would be the better solution, but right now, i'm very pissed of by initrd (can't get it to work).

my question is, what files to i need on a simple ide disc, to load the proprietary driver module for my ATA raid controller, and then mount the '/' which lays on a raid?

can i use sym links, so that all directory's of '/' except /etc, /dev, /proc pointing into the mount point of my raid array. (thought of that the get the max performance on the discs).

I believe that I just need 'insmod' and mount and also my modules?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:48 pm Post subject:

[Lx]-=Mystify=-,

You can't do what you want at all. Initrd is the only way.
To read a driver from a drive that needs a proprietry driver, you need a kernel loaded and filesystem driver to read the module.
The only exception, is if the module in included in the bzImage file, since that is loaded prior to any filesystems being mounted.

Maybe you can't get initrd to work becasue grug (or your bootloader) is unable to control your hardware?

Initrd provides a home for kernel modules that cannot be read from disk becuse these modules are required for reading the disk. (e.g. the ext2fs module for a ext2 root partition.)
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