From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 19:46:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 19:45:58 -0400 Received: from voyager.powersurfr.com ([24.109.67.8]:12556 "EHLO unity.starfire") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 19:45:46 -0400 From: Maciek Nowacki Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:45:41 -0600 To: Alexander Viro Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Busy on BLKFLSBUF w/initrd Message-ID: <20010523174541.A457@wintermute.starfire> In-Reply-To: <20010523172326.A898@wintermute.starfire> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: ; from viro@math.psu.edu on Wed, May 23, 2001 at 07:28:14PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 07:28:14PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 May 2001, Maciek Nowacki wrote: > > > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 06:21:23PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote: > > I wrote out the contents of /dev/rd/0 a few times and diff'ed with the > > uncompressed image of the initrd on the server. No difference each time. The > > same after digging into swap, turning off swap, running blockdev --flushbufs > > several times (always with BLKFLSBUF: Device or resource busy). > > > > The next test will be to create an initrd that has the 'initrd' directory.. > > Not initrd with /initrd in it, final root with /initrd, so that change_root() > had a place to remount the thing on. Yeah, but.. I get the message about change_root() before I have a chance to do anything (there is no /linuxrc on my initrd). I could try with a linuxrc, but I wanted to avoid that since since it seemed to be becoming obsolete. Maciek