Re: Looking for "ready-to-go", compressed root fs

From: donito (dshuff_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/06/04


Date: 5 Jul 2004 19:28:35 -0700

Chris <ceo@nospan.on.net> wrote in message news:<PABFc.839$X84.667@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>...
> First of all, here's what I want to try and accomplish -- it seems
> reasonable to me. Then again, maybe it's not reasonable.
>
> I'd like a small, compressed root fs on hand that I can load into a RAM
> disk when booting, as an alternate boot device using boot options,
> mainly as a diagnostics and tools root for using against a root on-disk
> that needs a fsck or anything similiar.

These may be of use to you. They are the root filesystems that are
available for running user-mode-linux.

http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/dl-fs-sf.html

-donito



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