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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


  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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