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* boot parameter to override a built-in initramfs?
@ 2008-02-18 21:47 David Nicol
  2008-02-19  0:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
  2008-02-19  0:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Nicol @ 2008-02-18 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux Kernel Mailing List

noinitrd doesn't do anything; init=/bin/sh doesn't do anything

how does one override a built-in initramfs?

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* Re: boot parameter to override a built-in initramfs?
  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
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2008-02-19  0:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Nicol; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List

David Nicol wrote:
> noinitrd doesn't do anything; init=/bin/sh doesn't do anything
> 
> how does one override a built-in initramfs?

One doesn't, because the system relies on certain pieces to be able to 
execute the rest of the root-mounting sequence.

	-hpa

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* Re: boot parameter to override a built-in initramfs?
  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
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2008-02-19  0:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Nicol; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List

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

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