From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: David Nicol <davidnicol@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: boot parameter to override a built-in initramfs?
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:39:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47BA254F.5090606@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <934f64a20802181347q43e1b350tc61265e89b7e4d5c@mail.gmail.com>
David Nicol wrote:
> noinitrd doesn't do anything; init=/bin/sh doesn't do anything
>
> how does one override a built-in initramfs?
Correction: you can *override* it, you just can't *suppress* it. An
initrd provided via the command line (from the bootloader) overwrites
the built-in one.
-hpa
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-19 0:39 UTC|newest]
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2008-02-18 21:47 boot parameter to override a built-in initramfs? David Nicol
2008-02-19 0:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-02-19 0:39 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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