Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261443AbUDIRVm (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:21:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261468AbUDIRVm (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:21:42 -0400 Received: from 64.221.211.203.ptr.us.xo.net ([64.221.211.203]:47027 "EHLO mail.pathscale.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261443AbUDIRVk (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:21:40 -0400 Subject: Re: initramfs howto? From: "Bryan O'Sullivan" To: Miles Bader Cc: Chris Meadors , Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: References: <1081451826.238.23.camel@clubneon.priv.hereintown.net> <1081490209.28834.19.camel@camp4.serpentine.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1081531299.19918.13.camel@serpentine.pathscale.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 10:21:39 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 792 Lines: 21 On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 23:48, Miles Bader wrote: > If you use that, can you just keep using the initial initramfs as your > root fs forever? That'd be swell for embedded systems... You could do so, yep. > If so, it'd be nice if it checked for some other name than /init > (e.g. /sbin/init) -- there's too much crap in / already. I'm agnostic. It's a two-line patch. I don't care if it's called /spam/fandango/wubble, so long as the brave souls who are trying out initramfs don't keep stumbling over the same problem again and again :-)