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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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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