bootsplash

[eis]

Hi!

according to common mauals for setting up a bootsplash, I fially managed to get it working. Unfortunately I don't understand this RAM DISK thing completely.
So the RAM disk is a virtual drive that uses memory from my RAM? And how much does it take? This is what I wanna know, because it seems, it slows my machine down a little bit. E.g. when I do "make menuconfig" the the colors sometimes don get displayed proberly sothat parts of the screen are blue where actually menutext should be displayed...

I have one gig of RAM.

And my RAM disk is set a little something like this:
"For 2.6.x kernel tree enable the following options.Code:
Code maturity level options --->
[*] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers
Processor type and features --->
[*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support
Device Drivers --->
Block devices --->
<*> Loopback device support
<*> RAM disk support
(4096) Default RAM disk size
[*] Initial RAM disk (initrd) support
Graphics support --->
[*] Support for frame buffer devices
[*] VESA VGA graphics support
Console display driver support --->
[*] Video mode selection support
<*> Framebuffer Console support
Bootsplash configuration --->
[*] Bootup splash screen"

4096 initial size means about 4 MB? Or what?

thx,
ice

[smerf]

It is block device located inside RAM (/dev/ram[0-3]) - you can allocate memory, create filesystem, mount and use it - the only difference is that this is volatile. Initial ramdisk is a ramdisk where initially / resides. Then it gets remounted and memory is released.

after quick search:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd
http://www.charmed.com/txt/initrd.txt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_disk

the problems you are experiencing (messed make menuconfig output) are almost certainly not memory-related.
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