From: John Zielinski <grim@undead.cc>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Rootfs mounted from user space - problem with umount
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:25:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FC83BE1.5010307@undead.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200311290538.hAT5c702013700@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>I'm missing something - why not use an initrd and pivot_root and then
>unmount the old root? Seems to work here.
>
>
I'm using the 2.6.0-test9 kernel and initramfs to store video mode data
that my kernel mods will read during boot. Using cpio is a lot easier
than making a file system using the loopback device. I want to keep
the rootfs around since I can modify it and then cpio it back up in a
shutdown script for next boot.
If I used initrd I'd also have to set up a usable filesystem. This way
I can just have data in there.
John
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-29 6:25 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
2003-11-29 6:25 ` John Zielinski [this message]
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