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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:52:22 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> 
> 
>>H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>>>The right thing is to get rid of the old initrd compatibility cruft,
>>>but that's a 2.5 change.
>>>
>>Yes, change_root is obsolete (and relies on assumptions that are no
>>longer valid in several cases), and there has been plenty of time for
>>distributors to switch. An early funeral in 2.5 is a good idea.
>>
> 
> Hmm. I need to install a SCSI driver, presumably from initrd
> RAM disk as currently works. Will the new pivot-root be transparent?
> 


It's not transparent, you need to change your initrd.

	-hpa