Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:53:17 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] chroot= as a new kernel parameter |
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On Thu 2008-03-06 12:37:29, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org> wrote: > > > > But given an existing initrd (which might have come from the distro, > > > etc.) i prefer adding boot options instead of modifying the initrd. > > > > I assume this is so you have have /distro1 /distro2 and use your boot > > option to (help) select which one you boot into? > > while i have no personal use for chroot=, i generally test distros that > way, yes - and i try to keep them as unmodified as possible. > > "Use the initrd as an extended boot commandline" is a poor answer IMO. > > _Everything_ we do on the boot commandline that affects user-space can > be done in an initrd in theory - but still we have hundreds of boot > options.
Yes, please. chroot= is useful, nonintrusive, and it just should be there.
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