Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 19 May 2001 19:11:45 +1000 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code inuserspace |
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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.
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