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LiquidXed

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What is the deal with ramdisk? How do i switch between kernels to test out¿ do i have to flash a rom everytime?

Ex: i was runnin stock rom/kernal 4.3 for awhile, then just flashed fancy.. Do i have to reflash stock rom to clean the ramdisk?

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Thanks man.. Yeh he uses universal ramdisk via anykernel2.. So i gues im alright. What does the ramdisk hold and y isnt there a way to -rm or format via cust recovery?
I tried to google it to find more info on it.. I guess i need to dig deeper

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LiquidXed said:
Thanks man.. Yeh he uses universal ramdisk via anykernel2.. So i gues im alright. What does the ramdisk hold and y isnt there a way to -rm or format via cust recovery?
I tried to google it to find more info on it.. I guess i need to dig deeper

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the way I've always assumed for ramdisk was specific stock settings, symlink setups, init files and such
sorry I can't explain much further.
maybe to try to get more useful info for your question, try Google "zimage vs boot.img, what does kernels ramdisk do/contains"
you will probably get many Linux.results, but they translate very easily into android since android kernel is Linux based
 
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LiquidXed said:
What is the deal with ramdisk? How do i switch between kernels to test out¿ do i have to flash a rom everytime?

Ex: i was runnin stock rom/kernal 4.3 for awhile, then just flashed fancy.. Do i have to reflash stock rom to clean the ramdisk?

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basically certain kernels have its own ramdisk (. i.e franco )so its not recommended to flash different kernel without flashing the rom first.

wipe cache
flash rom
flash gapps
flash supersu if needed
flash kernel
 
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    mrgnex
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    If fancy has its own ramdisk it is reccomended to dirty flash your rom.

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    ashclepdia
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    LiquidXed said:
    Thanks man.. Yeh he uses universal ramdisk via anykernel2.. So i gues im alright. What does the ramdisk hold and y isnt there a way to -rm or format via cust recovery?
    I tried to google it to find more info on it.. I guess i need to dig deeper

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    the way I've always assumed for ramdisk was specific stock settings, symlink setups, init files and such
    sorry I can't explain much further.
    maybe to try to get more useful info for your question, try Google "zimage vs boot.img, what does kernels ramdisk do/contains"
    you will probably get many Linux.results, but they translate very easily into android since android kernel is Linux based
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    hp13
    hp13
    LiquidXed said:
    What is the deal with ramdisk? How do i switch between kernels to test out¿ do i have to flash a rom everytime?

    Ex: i was runnin stock rom/kernal 4.3 for awhile, then just flashed fancy.. Do i have to reflash stock rom to clean the ramdisk?

    Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    basically certain kernels have its own ramdisk (. i.e franco )so its not recommended to flash different kernel without flashing the rom first.

    wipe cache
    flash rom
    flash gapps
    flash supersu if needed
    flash kernel
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