lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2003]   [Nov]   [17]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Is initramfs freed after kernel is booted?
viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:06:48AM -0500, Chris Friesen wrote:

>>Anyone know why it overmounts rather than pivots?

> Because amount of extra code you lose that way takes more memory than
> empty roots takes.
>
> Remove whatever files you don't need and be done with that.

How do you remove files from the old rootfs after the new one has been
mounted on top of it?

Chris



--
Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10
Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557
3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986
Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:58    [W:0.020 / U:0.692 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site