Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:54:18 -0800 (PST) | From | "B. James Phillippe" <> | Subject | Re: seek into root fs ? |
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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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