> >> I am setting up an embedded system that's supposed to run from RAMDISK 
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> >> only.
> > 
> > You really should not do this.  The RAMDISK kernel uses the
> > SMALL_KERNEL option, and this can have all sorts of unknown effects.
> 
> I appreciate you comment, but it seems I'm missing something or there's 
> a misunderstanding. I don't see the connection between using mount_mfs 
> and the ramdisk kernel. I don't think I'm using a ramdisk kernel. I'm 
> using a self compiled standard kernel, only I am creating a ramdisk with 
> mount_mfs in my init-script, copy my stuff into that ramdisk and chroot 
> to it. I don't see there's anything wrong with this?

That's not what you said.  You said "run from RAMDISK only".