Messages in this thread | | | From | Mike Kilburn <> | Subject | Re: Any "file" utility for partitions? | Date | Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:36:01 +0200 |
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> > should be easy to add other filesystems too. Now we have the next > problem: which of them is the root-filesystem? Mount them all and look for > a characteristic file (maybe /proc directory?) ? > > Gerd >
I keep several partions which can be used as a root filesystem. I boot them from loadlin depending on what I doing. Some are quite small (4M) but they are complete filesystems. I use some of them as "templates" for other machines on my LAN (ie. firewall, terminal server, fax server,router ). This way I can test them before upgrading the other machines (some dont have terminals or keyboards). Looking for /proc would not work for me.
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