Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 May 2001 05:20:11 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code inuserspace |
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On Sat, 19 May 2001, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Alexander Viro wrote: > > > > > (2) what about bootstrapping? how do you find the root device? > > > Do you do "root=/dev/hda/offset=63,limit=1235823"? Bit nasty. > > > > Ben's patch makes initrd mandatory. > > > > Can this be fixed? I've *never* had to futz with initrd. > Probably most systems are the same. It seems a step > backward to make it necessary.
Well, if you remove partition table parsing from the kernel - you've got to boot with root on unpartitioned device (e.g. /dev/ram0) and either stay that way or bring the userland code that understands partitioning on that device...
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