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Indicating the difference between a kernel only boot disk and 2 disk compression

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If you are creating a single boot disk in which the kernel knows where to
If you are creating a boot disk in which the kernel knows where to
find the root filesystem, then nothing else but a kernel is required
assuming it is copied in a way that is starts at block 0 on the device
media.&nbsp;&nbsp;
However, in order to boot /dev/fd0 from /dev/fd0 the kernel has to
media, and then rdeved in such a way that it knows that the ramdisk and the
prompt
flag are on, i.e., rdev -r /dev/fd0 49152, and that the root filesystem starts
at block
0 on the other floppy.&nbsp;&nbsp;
However, the 2 disk compression method just copies over the root filesystem
to the second disk.&nbsp&nbsp;In order to boot /dev/fd0 from /dev/fd0 when
the root
filesystem is just copied over, the kernel has to
mount the initial boot disk, and then after the new root disk is inserted,
it remounts that disk.&nbsp;&nbsp;In order to accomplish this, an initrd is
it remounts that disk.&nbsp;&nbsp;In order to accomplish this an initrd is
required.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Initial ram disks are essentially mini filesystems with the
bare necessities to allow a special init type file called linuxrc to
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one.&nbsp&nbsp;
The advantage of a two disk boot/root
system is related to the fact that modern kernels are themselves quite
large, leaving very little room for a root filesystem.&nbsp;&nbsp;
large, leaving very little room for a root filesystem, but at the same
time it is convenient to have a boot loader like lilo because it allows
you to boot other root filesystems which is useful in emergency
situations.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The present ABS
(boot section) is descended from some pretty old historic code from the
original bootroot and is due