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Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:13:12 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: Introduce rootdir bootparm to select which dir
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Al Boldi wrote:
> Al Boldi wrote:
>> This patch introduces a rootdir kernel boot parameter, which specifies the
>> path to the kernel sys_chroot boot dir.
>>
>> This is useful for systems that have more than one distribution installed
>> on the same fs/partition.

This seems like something that should be done via an initramfs.

	-hpa