From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761205AbYBSAjx (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:39:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752094AbYBSAjq (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:39:46 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:42728 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751651AbYBSAjp (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:39:45 -0500 Message-ID: <47BA254F.5090606@zytor.com> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:39:43 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Nicol CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: boot parameter to override a built-in initramfs? References: <934f64a20802181347q43e1b350tc61265e89b7e4d5c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <934f64a20802181347q43e1b350tc61265e89b7e4d5c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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