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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: John Zielinski <grim@undead.cc>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Rootfs mounted from user space - problem with umount
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:38:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200311290538.hAT5c702013700@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:24:31 EST." <3FC82D8F.9030100@undead.cc>

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On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:24:31 EST, John Zielinski <grim@undead.cc>  said:

> +	  This option switches rootfs so that it uses tmpfs rather than ramfs
> +	  for it's file storage.  This makes rootfs swappable so having a large
> +	  initrd or initramfs image won't eat up valuable RAM.

I'm missing something - why not use an initrd and pivot_root and then
unmount the old root?  Seems to work here.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-11-29  5:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-11-29  5:24 Rootfs mounted from user space - problem with umount John Zielinski
2003-11-29  5:31 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-11-29  6:14   ` John Zielinski
2003-11-29  6:21     ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-11-29  9:40       ` John Zielinski
2003-11-29  9:44         ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-11-29 20:02           ` John Zielinski
2003-11-29 20:20             ` John Zielinski
2003-11-29 20:25               ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-11-29 21:05                 ` John Zielinski
2003-11-29 21:17                   ` Sean Neakums
2003-11-29 21:42                     ` John Zielinski
2003-11-30  0:38                       ` [OT] " Sean Neakums
2003-11-29  5:38 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2003-11-29  6:25   ` John Zielinski

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