Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756449AbXHJVeE (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:34:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751474AbXHJVdw (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:33:52 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:34601 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750741AbXHJVdv (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:33:51 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:33:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Mark Cannon cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Use of directories to hold root? In-Reply-To: <200708101724.26724.random.bits@rogers.com> Message-ID: References: <200708101724.26724.random.bits@rogers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 513 Lines: 18 On Aug 10 2007 17:24, Mark Cannon wrote: > >You pass the kernel the root option to specify the root partition. >Is there a way to identify a directory in that partition that holds the >root or something equivalent to this? No, but you can use pivot_root. Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/