Re: [RFC][Patch] Allow not mounting a root fs

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Jul 5 2007 19:08, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>> BTW: Is it possible to mount a tmpfs on / before extracting the cpio?
>> Not in the stock kernel.  There have been some patches floating around
>> for that, I think.
> 
> What would it buy? rootfs is a tmpfs, is not it?

No, rootfs is ramfs.

	-hpa
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