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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 13:59:44 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
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On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 01:39:33PM -0800, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 11:31:37AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > Yes, a ramfs partition is the original target.
> 
> 	Using dd(1) to copy the partition to permanent storage between
> boots?  You do have to solve the permanence problem.  I was thinking
> more along the lines of /dev staying in /, and the userspace system
> updating it at boot.

The permanent storage issue will be handled somehow, the details are
still being worked out :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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