Re: [Q] pivot_root and initrd

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Tue Oct 23 2001 - 14:59:39 EST

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On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, bill davidsen wrote:
> In article <9r4c24$g2k$1@cesium.transmeta.com>,
> H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>
> | The right thing is to get rid of the old initrd compatibility cruft,
> | but that's a 2.5 change.
>
> Get rid of??? As long as you have some equivalent capability to get
> the system up.

pivot_root(2) in combination with pivot_root(8)

Rik

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