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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.24] chroot= as a new kernel parameter
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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