Re: initrd help -- umounts root after pivot_root

[Bob Chiodini]

On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 19:18, John R Moser wrote: 
> Been trying with 2.4.20, 2.4.22, 2.6.0-test9, how the heck do I get this 
> to work?
> 
> I set everthing up on /dev/shm type tmpfs, then 
> cd /dev/shm
> mkdir initrd
> pivot_root . initrd
John,

It does not appear that the kernel(s) will support the root fs on
tmpfs.  Looking through the init kernel code:  It boils down to a block
device with real major and minor number or NFS.

Could you set up a ramdisk to do the same thing as /dev/shm?  Also,
you'll have to tell the kernel where root is, either a boot parameter
(root=xxx) or with the rdev command.

Bob...

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