From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: root@chaos.analogic.com
Cc: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Q] pivot_root and initrd
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 14:06:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BD5DBEE.7020105@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.1011023170019.21142A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>
> Presently, when /initrd/{ash.static} runs off the end of the
> /initrd/linuxrc script, the kernel tries to mount the root
> defined for LILO. So I add some program that executes 'pivot-root'
> instead of just letting the script run off the end?
>
You do something like:
cd /newroot
pivot_root /newroot /newroot/oldroot
exec /sbin/init < /dev/console > /dev/console 2>&1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-23 21:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-23 17:42 [Q] pivot_root and initrd Eric
2001-10-23 18:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-10-23 19:54 ` bill davidsen
2001-10-23 19:59 ` Rik van Riel
2001-10-23 20:21 ` bill davidsen
2001-10-23 21:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-10-23 20:37 ` Werner Almesberger
2001-10-23 20:46 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-23 20:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-10-23 21:05 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-23 21:06 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
[not found] <p05100304b80cbe9cf127@[10.128.7.49]>
2001-11-06 0:05 ` Eric
[not found] <p05100328b7fb8dcb9473@[207.213.214.37]>
2001-10-23 21:54 ` Eric
2001-10-24 0:20 ` Werner Almesberger
[not found] <p05100300b7f2b3b94b17@[10.128.7.49]>
2001-10-17 18:34 ` Eric
2001-10-17 21:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-10-27 12:45 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-11-05 21:52 ` Andreas Schwab
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-10-17 2:16 Eric
2001-10-17 3:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
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