Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: initrd help -- umounts root after pivot_root | Date | 31 Oct 2003 13:59:09 -0800 |
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From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Comment-To: Bob Chiodini <robert.chiodini-1@ksc.nasa.gov> Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2003 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved
Followup to: <1067604362.5526.15.camel@tweedy.ksc.nasa.gov> By author: Bob Chiodini <robert.chiodini-1@ksc.nasa.gov> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > John, > > It does not appear that the kernel(s) will support the root fs on > tmpfs. Looking through the init kernel code: It boils down to a block > device with real major and minor number or NFS. >
Baloney. See the SuperRescue CD, for example, for a distro which uses exactly this.
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