diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ecbcc3fb..a9e70705c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ target/
 **/*.rs.bk
 
 **/.DS_Store
+
+# Ramdisk file
+src/ramdisk/initramfs/
+src/ramdisk/build/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f583fe97..426a2f8d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ setup:
 	@cargo install mdbook
 
 build:
+	@make --no-print-directory -C src/ramdisk
 	@cd src && cargo kbuild
 	@cd src && cargo kimage
 
@@ -33,3 +34,4 @@ check:
 clean:
 	@cd src && cargo clean
 	@cd docs && mdbook clean
+	@make --no-print-directory -C src/ramdisk clean
diff --git a/src/ramdisk/Makefile b/src/ramdisk/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2e12bcba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ramdisk/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+APPS := ../apps
+BUILD_DIR := ./build
+INITRAMFS := ./initramfs
+RAMDISK := $(BUILD_DIR)/ramdisk.cpio
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+ifneq (, $(wildcard $(APPS)/. ))
+	APPS_DIRS := $(shell find $(APPS) -type d 2>/dev/null | sed 's/ /\\ /g' | sed 's/:/\\:/g' || true)
+	APPS_FILES := $(shell find $(APPS) -type f 2>/dev/null | sed 's/ /\\ /g' | sed 's/:/\\:/g' || true)
+endif
+
+ifneq (, $(wildcard $(INITRAMFS)/. ))
+	INITRAMFS_DIRS := $(shell find $(INITRAMFS) -type d 2>/dev/null | sed 's/ /\\ /g' | sed 's/:/\\:/g' || true)
+	INITRAMFS_FILES := $(shell find $(INITRAMFS) -type f 2>/dev/null | sed 's/ /\\ /g' | sed 's/:/\\:/g' || true)
+endif
+
+
+.PHONY: all clean
+
+all: $(RAMDISK)
+
+$(INITRAMFS): $(APPS) $(APPS_DIRS) $(APPS_FILES)
+	@mkdir -p $@
+	@cp -a $(APPS)/* $@
+	@cd $@ && find . \( -name "*.s" -o -name "*.c" -o -name "Makefile" -o -name "README.md" \) -delete
+
+$(RAMDISK): $(INITRAMFS) $(INITRAMFS_DIRS) $(INITRAMFS_FILES)
+	@echo "Generating the ramdisk image..."
+	@mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
+	@./mkinitramfs $(INITRAMFS) $@
+
+clean:
+	@rm -rf $(INITRAMFS) $(BUILD_DIR)
diff --git a/src/ramdisk/mkinitramfs b/src/ramdisk/mkinitramfs
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..52b8fc549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ramdisk/mkinitramfs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: mkinitramfs <dir> <cpio>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Creating $2 from $1"
+    (cd "$1"; find . | cpio -o -H newc) > "$2"
+else
+    echo "The first argument must be a directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/Cargo.toml b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/Cargo.toml
index 31202f4ef..5655a2e06 100644
--- a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ typeflags = {path="../typeflags"}
 typeflags-util = {path="../typeflags-util"}
 jinux-rights-proc = {path="../jinux-rights-proc"}
 jinux-util = {path="../jinux-util"}
+cpio-decoder = {path="../cpio-decoder"}
 virtio-input-decoder = "0.1.4"
 ascii = { version = "1.1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 intrusive-collections = "0.9.5"
diff --git a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/error.rs b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/error.rs
index 15bf0a26e..06516b5cc 100644
--- a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/error.rs
@@ -211,6 +211,31 @@ impl From<core::ffi::FromBytesWithNulError> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<cpio_decoder::error::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(cpio_error: cpio_decoder::error::Error) -> Self {
+        match cpio_error {
+            cpio_decoder::error::Error::MagicError => {
+                Error::with_message(Errno::EINVAL, "CPIO invalid magic number")
+            }
+            cpio_decoder::error::Error::Utf8Error => {
+                Error::with_message(Errno::EINVAL, "CPIO invalid utf-8 string")
+            }
+            cpio_decoder::error::Error::ParseIntError => {
+                Error::with_message(Errno::EINVAL, "CPIO parse int error")
+            }
+            cpio_decoder::error::Error::FileTypeError => {
+                Error::with_message(Errno::EINVAL, "CPIO invalid file type")
+            }
+            cpio_decoder::error::Error::FileNameError => {
+                Error::with_message(Errno::EINVAL, "CPIO invalid file name")
+            }
+            cpio_decoder::error::Error::BufferShortError => {
+                Error::with_message(Errno::EINVAL, "CPIO buffer is too short")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Error> for jinux_frame::Error {
     fn from(error: Error) -> Self {
         match error.errno {
diff --git a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/file_handle/inode_handle/mod.rs b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/file_handle/inode_handle/mod.rs
index 61b287a3d..a5132b6c8 100644
--- a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/file_handle/inode_handle/mod.rs
+++ b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/file_handle/inode_handle/mod.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ impl InodeHandle_ {
         *offset
     }
 
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.dentry.vnode().len()
+    }
+
     pub fn access_mode(&self) -> AccessMode {
         self.access_mode
     }
@@ -128,6 +132,10 @@ impl<R> InodeHandle<R> {
         self.0.offset()
     }
 
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.0.len()
+    }
+
     pub fn access_mode(&self) -> AccessMode {
         self.0.access_mode()
     }
diff --git a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/initramfs.rs b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/initramfs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..430a41889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/initramfs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+use super::fs_resolver::{FsPath, FsResolver};
+use super::utils::{InodeMode, InodeType};
+use cpio_decoder::{CpioDecoder, FileType};
+
+/// Unpack and prepare the fs from the ramdisk CPIO buffer.
+pub fn init(ramdisk_buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
+    let decoder = CpioDecoder::new(ramdisk_buf);
+    let fs = FsResolver::new();
+    for entry_result in decoder.decode_entries() {
+        let entry = entry_result?;
+
+        // Make sure the name is a relative path, and is not end with "/".
+        let entry_name = entry.name().trim_start_matches('/').trim_end_matches('/');
+        if entry_name.is_empty() {
+            return_errno_with_message!(Errno::EINVAL, "invalid entry name");
+        }
+        if entry_name == "." {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Here we assume that the directory referred by "prefix" must has been created.
+        // The basis of this assumption is：
+        // The mkinitramfs script uses `find` command to ensure that the entries are
+        // sorted that a directory always appears before its child directories and files.
+        let (parent, name) = if let Some((prefix, last)) = entry_name.rsplit_once('/') {
+            (fs.lookup(&FsPath::try_from(prefix)?)?, last)
+        } else {
+            (fs.root().clone(), entry_name)
+        };
+
+        let metadata = entry.metadata();
+        let mode = InodeMode::from_bits_truncate(metadata.permission_mode());
+        match metadata.file_type() {
+            FileType::File => {
+                let dentry = parent.create(name, InodeType::File, mode)?;
+                dentry.vnode().write_at(0, entry.data())?;
+            }
+            FileType::Dir => {
+                let _ = parent.create(name, InodeType::Dir, mode)?;
+            }
+            FileType::Link => {
+                let dentry = parent.create(name, InodeType::SymLink, mode)?;
+                let link_content = core::str::from_utf8(entry.data())?;
+                dentry.vnode().write_link(link_content)?;
+            }
+            type_ => {
+                warn!("unsupported file type = {:?} in initramfs", type_);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/mod.rs b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/mod.rs
index 77018bc58..ed7305f6a 100644
--- a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/fs/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod file_handle;
 pub mod file_table;
 pub mod fs_resolver;
+pub mod initramfs;
 pub mod ramfs;
 pub mod stdio;
 pub mod utils;
diff --git a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/lib.rs b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/lib.rs
index 6088d441f..cb046e549 100644
--- a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ pub fn init() {
     driver::init();
     process::fifo_scheduler::init();
     jinux_frame::enable_interrupts();
+    fs::initramfs::init(read_ramdisk_content()).unwrap();
 }
 
 pub fn init_thread() {
@@ -79,15 +80,16 @@ pub fn init_thread() {
     println!("[kernel] Running test programs");
     println!("");
     // Run test apps
-    for app in get_all_apps().into_iter() {
+    for app in get_all_apps().unwrap().into_iter() {
         let UserApp {
             elf_path: app_name,
             app_content,
             argv,
             envp,
         } = app;
+        let app_content = app_content.into_boxed_slice();
         println!("[jinux-std/lib.rs] spwan {:?} process", app_name);
-        Process::spawn_user_process(app_name.clone(), app_content, argv, Vec::new());
+        Process::spawn_user_process(app_name.clone(), Box::leak(app_content), argv, Vec::new());
     }
 
     // Run busybox ash
@@ -96,10 +98,11 @@ pub fn init_thread() {
         app_content,
         argv,
         envp,
-    } = get_busybox_app();
+    } = get_busybox_app().unwrap();
+    let app_content = app_content.into_boxed_slice();
     println!("");
     println!("BusyBox v1.35.0 built-in shell (ash)\n");
-    Process::spawn_user_process(app_name.clone(), app_content, argv, Vec::new());
+    Process::spawn_user_process(app_name.clone(), Box::leak(app_content), argv, Vec::new());
 
     loop {
         // We don't have preemptive scheduler now.
@@ -108,6 +111,10 @@ pub fn init_thread() {
     }
 }
 
+fn read_ramdisk_content() -> &'static [u8] {
+    include_bytes!("../../../../ramdisk/build/ramdisk.cpio")
+}
+
 /// first process never return
 #[controlled]
 pub fn run_first_process() -> ! {
diff --git a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/user_apps.rs b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/user_apps.rs
index bba25e2c7..bd17b5eee 100644
--- a/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/user_apps.rs
+++ b/src/services/libs/jinux-std/src/user_apps.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,35 @@
+use crate::fs::{
+    fs_resolver::{FsPath, FsResolver},
+    utils::AccessMode,
+};
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
 pub struct UserApp {
     pub elf_path: CString,
-    pub app_content: &'static [u8],
+    pub app_content: Vec<u8>,
     pub argv: Vec<CString>,
     pub envp: Vec<CString>,
 }
 
 impl UserApp {
-    pub fn new(elf_path: &str, app_content: &'static [u8]) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(elf_path: &str) -> Result<Self> {
         let app_name = CString::new(elf_path).unwrap();
-        UserApp {
+        let app_content = {
+            let fs = FsResolver::new();
+            let file = fs.open(&FsPath::try_from(elf_path)?, AccessMode::O_RDONLY as u32, 0)?;
+            let mut content = Vec::new();
+            let len = file.read_to_end(&mut content)?;
+            if len != file.len() {
+                return_errno_with_message!(Errno::EINVAL, "read len is not equal to file size");
+            }
+            content
+        };
+        Ok(UserApp {
             elf_path: app_name,
             app_content,
             argv: Vec::new(),
             envp: Vec::new(),
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     pub fn set_argv(&mut self, argv: Vec<CString>) {
@@ -27,45 +41,45 @@ impl UserApp {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn get_all_apps() -> Vec<UserApp> {
+pub fn get_all_apps() -> Result<Vec<UserApp>> {
     let mut res = Vec::with_capacity(16);
 
     // Most simple hello world, written in assembly
-    let asm_hello_world = UserApp::new("hello_world", read_hello_world_content());
+    let asm_hello_world = UserApp::new("hello_world/hello_world")?;
     res.push(asm_hello_world);
 
     // Hello world, written in C language.
     // Since glibc requires the elf path starts with "/", and we don't have filesystem now.
     // So we manually add a leading "/" for app written in C language.
-    let hello_c = UserApp::new("/hello_c", read_hello_c_content());
+    let hello_c = UserApp::new("/hello_c/hello")?;
     res.push(hello_c);
 
     // Fork process, written in assembly
-    let asm_fork = UserApp::new("fork", read_fork_content());
+    let asm_fork = UserApp::new("fork/fork")?;
     res.push(asm_fork);
 
     // Execve, written in C language.
-    let execve_c = UserApp::new("/execve", read_execve_content());
+    let execve_c = UserApp::new("/execve/execve")?;
     res.push(execve_c);
 
     // Fork new process, written in C language. (Fork in glibc uses syscall clone actually)
-    let fork_c = UserApp::new("/fork", read_fork_c_content());
+    let fork_c = UserApp::new("/fork_c/fork")?;
     res.push(fork_c);
 
     // signal test
-    let signal_test = UserApp::new("/signal_test", read_signal_test_content());
+    let signal_test = UserApp::new("/signal_c/signal_test")?;
     res.push(signal_test);
 
     // pthread test
-    let pthread_test = UserApp::new("/pthread_test", read_pthread_test_content());
+    let pthread_test = UserApp::new("/pthread/pthread_test")?;
     res.push(pthread_test);
 
-    res
+    Ok(res)
 }
 
-pub fn get_busybox_app() -> UserApp {
+pub fn get_busybox_app() -> Result<UserApp> {
     // busybox
-    let mut busybox = UserApp::new("/busybox", read_busybox_content());
+    let mut busybox = UserApp::new("/busybox/busybox")?;
     // -l option means the busybox is running as logging shell
     let argv = ["/busybox", "sh", "-l"];
     let envp = [
@@ -78,23 +92,11 @@ pub fn get_busybox_app() -> UserApp {
         "OLDPWD=/",
     ];
 
-    let argv = to_vec_cstring(&argv).unwrap();
-    let envp = to_vec_cstring(&envp).unwrap();
+    let argv = to_vec_cstring(&argv)?;
+    let envp = to_vec_cstring(&envp)?;
     busybox.set_argv(argv);
     busybox.set_envp(envp);
-    busybox
-}
-
-fn read_hello_world_content() -> &'static [u8] {
-    include_bytes!("../../../../apps/hello_world/hello_world")
-}
-
-fn read_hello_c_content() -> &'static [u8] {
-    include_bytes!("../../../../apps/hello_c/hello")
-}
-
-fn read_fork_content() -> &'static [u8] {
-    include_bytes!("../../../../apps/fork/fork")
+    Ok(busybox)
 }
 
 fn read_execve_content() -> &'static [u8] {
@@ -105,22 +107,6 @@ pub fn read_execve_hello_content() -> &'static [u8] {
     include_bytes!("../../../../apps/execve/hello")
 }
 
-fn read_fork_c_content() -> &'static [u8] {
-    include_bytes!("../../../../apps/fork_c/fork")
-}
-
-fn read_signal_test_content() -> &'static [u8] {
-    include_bytes!("../../../../apps/signal_c/signal_test")
-}
-
-fn read_pthread_test_content() -> &'static [u8] {
-    include_bytes!("../../../../apps/pthread/pthread_test")
-}
-
-fn read_busybox_content() -> &'static [u8] {
-    include_bytes!("../../../../apps/busybox/busybox")
-}
-
 fn to_vec_cstring(raw_strs: &[&str]) -> Result<Vec<CString>> {
     let mut res = Vec::new();
     for raw_str in raw_strs {