Sorry to bother again but I found the solution. maybe it can help someone: initrd need start and size parameters. As, size can be bigger then real size of image.cpio.gz, I set it to 32M like the addpart command. bootargs="$bootargs initrd=0x72000000,33554432" -- *Benoit RAT LAMY* Engineer (Sw) \ Ingeniero (Sw) fix. *(+34) 958 285 024* cel. *(+34) 617 989 123* e-mail: benoit@sevensols.com *www.sevensols.com / **www.sevensecurity.es* _________________________________ *C/ Baza, parcela 19 Nave 3 \ Polígono Ind. Juncaril \* *18210 - PELIGROS - GRANADA –SPAIN* On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Benoit RAT wrote: > Hy everybody, > > I was wondering if it was possible to load a cpio.gz image as rootfs! (I > think it is the kernel that load it so it should not be a problem) > however I don't know how to pass the arguments. > > Here you can find the commands, that i am using: > > addpart /dev/mem 8M@0x71000000(kernel); > tftp zImage /dev/mem.kernel > addpart /dev/mem 32M@0x72000000(fs) > tftp image.cpio.gz /dev/mem.fs > bootargs="$bootargs root=/dev/ram0 initrd=0x72000000" > bootz /dev/mem.kernel > > Regards, > > -- > > > *Benoit RAT LAMY* > > Engineer (Sw) \ Ingeniero (Sw) > > fix. *(+34) 958 285 024* > > cel. *(+34) 617 989 123* > > e-mail: benoit@sevensols.com > > *www.sevensols.com / **www.sevensecurity.es* > > _________________________________ > > *C/ Baza, parcela 19 Nave 3 \ Polígono Ind. Juncaril \* > > *18210 - PELIGROS - GRANADA –SPAIN* > >