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SubjectRe: seek into root fs ?
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Itai Nahshon wrote:

> B. James Phillippe wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to know if it's possible to boot a kernel and have it
> > mount the root filesystem at some offset from the beginning of the root
> > device.
>
> It should be possible when using loop device and initrd.
>
> (You can specify an offcet for a loop device).

Hmmm, that might be perfect. I read the documentation for initrd, and I've
used loopback filesystems before, but I didn't see any mention in the
documentation on how to do this (specify offset and use loop with initrd).
Is there some documentation I missed?

thanks,
-bp
--
B. James Phillippe <bryan@terran.org>
Linux Software Engineer, WGT Inc.
http://w3.terran.org/~bryan


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