What does BSOD 0xF8 (RAMDISK_BOOT_INITIALIZATION_FAILED) mean?

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Description: RAMDISK_BOOT_INITIALIZATION_FAILED means Windows could not initialize the RAM-disk boot path; parameter 1 identifies the failed step.

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DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER	DRIVER_RETURNED_STATUS_REPARSE_FOR_VOLUME_OPEN

RAMDISK_BOOT_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

Parameter	Description
1	Indicates the cause of the failure. 1: No LoaderXIPRom descriptor was found in the loader memory list. 2: Unable to open the RAM disk driver (ramdisk.sys or \Device\Ramdisk). 3: FSCTL_CREATE_RAM_DISK failed. 4: Unable to create GUID string from binary GUID. 5: Unable to create symbolic link pointing to the RAM disk device.
2	NTSTATUS code
3	0
4	0