Re: daily builds
On Tue Jan 23, 2001 at 08:49:19AM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote:
> On Tue Jan 23, 2001 at 04:10:42PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> >
> > Like, if we put all the core stuff (busybox, main menu, cdebconf, etc)
> > into an initrd we could then either chroot to a new filesystem, or mount
> > another partition to get more space.
>
> This is called "pivot root", and requires support from init. Busybox
> init supports an over variant on pivot root theme, but not yet pivot
> root itself. This also requires a 2.4.x kernel. If folks want to do
> this (a full transition to a new new device), I can add support...
One of these days I will learn to proofread.
s/over variant on pivot/older variant on the pivot/
s/new new device/new root device/
-Erik
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