[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: chroot in /usr and initrd booting



On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Steve Langasek wrote:
> > With what kernels must you do a chroot after pivot_root?  On systems
> > where I'm using pivot_root + Linux 2.4.18, I only have to do 'cd /'.
>
> Iirc that is the obsolete way of doing it which might be removed in
> the 2.5 kernel series.

Yes, if union mounts get implemented in time. And I haven't seen much more
than drafts since its discussion in 2000 (anybody else?).  This is
probably past woody+1 so till then we have to stick to using pivot_root
with chroot.

Jens

--
ruehmkorf at informatik dot uni hyphen koeln dot de


-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org



Reply to: