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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:05:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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Subject: Re: [Q] pivot_root and initrd
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> 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Yes, change_root is obsolete (and relies on assumptions that are no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


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?

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips).

    I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be
    attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del
    was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any.