> B. James Phillippe wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to know if it's possible to boot a kernel and have it
> > mount the root filesystem at some offset from the beginning of the root
> > device.
>
> It should be possible when using loop device and initrd.
>
> (You can specify an offcet for a loop device).
Hmmm, that might be perfect. I read the documentation for initrd, and I've
used loopback filesystems before, but I didn't see any mention in the
documentation on how to do this (specify offset and use loop with initrd).
Is there some documentation I missed?
thanks,
-bp
-- B. James Phillippe <bryan@terran.org> Linux Software Engineer, WGT Inc. http://w3.terran.org/~bryan
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