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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