Re: [debian-knoppix] Use of real-root-dev question
#include <hallo.h>
* Ernesto Domato [Wed, Jan 08 2003, 12:35:34PM]:
> Looking at the linuxrc script on the boot image I see that it's using:
>
> echo "0x100" > /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev
>
> as the way to change the root partition when it's done.
>
> So, the question is, why does it do that instead of the "pivot_root"
> method mentioned on the initrd documentation that comes with the
> kernel?, is there any reason for that?.
Yes. Kernel does not know much (or anything) about the filesystem on
that device, and its filesystem probing routine is dumb. And you cannot
go back (and try some magic) if the mount fails.
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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If they didn't have bugs, then they'd be algorithms.
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