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Re: Ramdisk

 

Ubuntu's initramfs is meant to be universal. But some devices might need
some hack for it to work.

Regards,
Rizqi


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Ryan. <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok , just fyi, I knew it was on the boot.img which is why i asked , as
> each boot.img is different for each device.
>
> And I didnt build from source for this particular phone I'm just mix n
> matching files from another devices port and adding my own changes here and
> there for experiments
>
> So far I get adb . Just added sh so i now have adb shell
>
> Battery died so now I'm charging it lol
>
>
> Reezqy Gilla <xstinky12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> AFAIK, the ramdisk in the boot.img is ubuntu's initrd, and it's generic.
>> It was downloaded during the build process.
>> After the init, it will load android's ramdisk, which is in /system/boot
>> of the zip built from the source. It will run android under lxc container.
>> And this is the point of flipped container. It loads ubuntu, then android
>> inside lxc.
>>
>> CMIIW
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rizqi
>> On Dec 9, 2013 7:44 AM, "Ryan." <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Is the initramfs universal or build per device ?.
>>> Can someone provide me with a working one\?
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