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From: Arnd Hannemann <arnd@arndnet.de>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Cc: Salvatore De Paolis <depaolis.salvatore@libero.it>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: pivot_root alternative
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:39:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <467EE48D.5010204@arndnet.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706242328520.11964@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>

Jan Engelhardt schrieb:
> On Jun 24 2007 23:27, Salvatore De Paolis wrote:
>> i built the kernel with a busybox initramfs which runs from a usb stick. While
>> i boot i need to mount the real root and i'm using pivot_root.
>> Pivot_root . old-root return to me an "Invalid argument" error and googling i
>> found here http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/10/8/17 that pivot_root should be avoided.
>> I want to ask now what i should do to switch to a real root?
> 
> use run-init from klibc?

However be aware of the limitation of run-init:
It only works for direct childs of root directory
/mnt/newroot won't work
/newroot should work ;-)

Good luck,
Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-24 21:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-24 21:27 pivot_root alternative Salvatore De Paolis
2007-06-24 21:29 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-06-24 21:39   ` Arnd Hannemann [this message]
2007-06-24 22:08     ` Salvatore De Paolis
2007-06-25 10:19       ` Michael Tokarev
2007-06-25  3:59     ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-06-24 23:29 ` Kyle Moffett
2007-06-25  5:04   ` Salvatore De Paolis
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-06-25 10:34 Salvatore De Paolis

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