RDEV(8) Linux Programmer's Manual RDEV(8) NAME rdev - /RAM SYNOPSIS rdev [ -rvh ] [ -o offset ] [ image [ value [ offset ] ] ] rdev [ -o offset ] [ image [ root_device [ offset ] ] ] ramsize [ -o offset ] [ image [ size [ offset ] ] ] vidmode [ -o offset ] [ image [ mode [ offset ] ] ] rootflags [ -o offset ] [ image [ flags [ offset ] ] ] DESCRIPTION rdev /etc/mtab ramsize, vidmode, rootflags i386 linux RAM 504 () 498 Root flags () (500 502 ) 504 RAM Disk Size RAM () 506 VGA Mode (VGA ) 508 Root Device () (510 Boot Signature ()) rdev image linux /vmlinux /vmunix /boot/bzImage-2.4.0 /dev/fd0 /dev/fd1 rdev root_device /dev/hda1 /dev/hdf13 /dev/sda2 /dev/sdc4 /dev/ida/c0d0p1 (comma) major,minor ramsize size RAM rootflags flags root flags root vidmode mode -3 = Prompt () -2 = Extended VGA (VGA) -1 = Normal VGA (VGA) 0 = as if "0" was pressed at the prompt ("0") 1 = as if "1" was pressed at the prompt 2 = as if "2" was pressed at the prompt n = as if "n" was pressed at the prompt value image OPTIONS -r rdev ramsize -R rdev rootflags -v rdev vidmode -h BUGS rdev (hack) (magic) (magic) i386 SysLinux , LILO grub HISTORY 502 ( linux 0.12 ) "rdev -s" "swapdev" linux 0.95 swapon() AUTHORS Werner Almesberger (almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch) Peter MacDonald (pmacdona@sanjuan.UVic.CA) Stephen Tweedie (sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk) rootflags [] [] Nov 21 2000 linuxman: http://cmpp.linuxforum.net man man https://github.com/man-pages-zh/manpages- zh Linux 0.99 20 November 1993 RDEV(8)