Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757557AbXHKPzp (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:55:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750903AbXHKPzi (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:55:38 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:33569 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750801AbXHKPzi (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:55:38 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:55:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: Mark Cannon , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Use of directories to hold root? In-Reply-To: <46BCFE01.2040703@zytor.com> Message-ID: References: <200708101724.26724.random.bits@rogers.com> <46BCFE01.2040703@zytor.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: 748 Lines: 27 On Aug 10 2007 17:08, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> 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. > >Or better yet, use an initramfs with MS_MOVE; same as you would with the >"normal" use of initramfs. mount --move /foo / => error What did I miss? 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/