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Lemanal: setting up a ramdisk for tmp storage
2007-05-31T04:15:16Z
<p>setting up a ramdisk for tmp storage</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>=Compiling=<br />
arm@crow:~/e2fsprogs-1.39$ ./configure --host=arm-unknown-linux-gnu --build=arm --with-cc=/opt/crosstool/gcc-4.0.1-glibc-2.3.5/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/gcc --with-ld=/opt/crosstool/gcc-4.0.1-glibc-2.3.5/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld<br />
...<br />
arm@crow:~/e2fsprogs-1.39$ make<br />
....<br />
arm@crow:~/e2fsprogs-1.39$ file misc/mke2fs<br />
misc/mke2fs: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1, for GNU/Linux 2.4.3, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped<br />
<br />
=Creating a ramdisk=<br />
[http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Ramdisk/ramdisk.html Using these directions]...<br />
<br />
# Catch the bootloader using [[HIP:TS-7000:redboot|the RedBoot directions]].<br />
# Add the kernel parameter: <code> ramdisk_size=3000 </code> (expressed in 1024-byte blocks)<br />
# Added the following script as <code>/etc/init.d/ramdisk</code><br />
# Add a symlink:<br />
$ cd etc/rc.d/rc3.d/<br />
<br />
$ ln -s ../../init.d/dropbear S99dropbear<br />
<br />
==The init.d script==<br />
<br />
<code><br />
OPTIONS=""<br />
<br />
case "$1" in<br />
start)<br />
echo "Formatting and mounting ramdisk"<br />
mke2fs -m 0 /dev/rd/0<br />
mount /dev/rd/0 /mnt/rd<br />
;;<br />
stop)<br />
echo "Unmounting ramdisk"<br />
umount /mnt/rd<br />
;; <br />
restart)<br />
$0 stop <br />
$0 start<br />
;;<br />
*)<br />
echo "usage: start|stop|restart"<br />
;;<br />
esac<br />
</code></div>
Lemanal