Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:48:37 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"? |
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Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > > I managed to compile a "Testing" 1.4.31 version (in fact, version 1.4 > didn't compile because I didn't have a "linux" link pointing to kernel > sources; version 1.4.31 tells that it's missing - so both versions > compile fine). >
At this point, 1.4.31 is probably what you should be using.
> The problem is... I'm not sure how to start with it. The package doesn't > have much documentation (other than "read the source"), does it? > > On the other hand, I see it comes with a couple of useful tools, like sh > (dash)... They are also pretty small, so everything should fit into 300 > kB (dash=70kB, kinit=70kB, mount=12kB).
With kinit you don't even need dash/mount... kinit is a monolithic binary for everything.
In other words, you'd typically use *either* dash+mount, *or* kinit...
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