Non ramdisk based rootfs on Microzed

Is there a way to make the linux system, that comes with the Microzed board, boot with a rootfs on the SD card, rather than use a ramdisk?
What would be needed to accomplish this?

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Yes, you can do this and in fact the Ubuntu reference design for the Zynq Mini-ITX and Zedboard has instrucitons on how to accomplish it. Basically you need to partition the SD card so that a second partition is ext4, and you load the rootfs to that.
The instructions in the Ubuntu tutorial should be transferable to MicroZed no problem.
Ron
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0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Hello Ron,

Could you please add the link to the Ubuntu reference design you are referring? I too would like to use my SD card for rootfs.

Thanks!
Ed
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0 Former Member over 9 years ago

The Mini-ITX Reference designs are here: http://zedboard.org/support/design/2056/17
The ZedBoard Reference designs are here: http://zedboard.org/support/design/1521/11

-Gary
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