Re: [RFC][Patch] Allow not mounting a root fs

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Sat Jul 07 2007 - 14:30:53 EST



On Jul 5 2007 19:08, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>> BTW: Is it possible to mount a tmpfs on / before extracting the cpio?
>
>Not in the stock kernel. There have been some patches floating around
>for that, I think.

What would it buy? rootfs is a tmpfs, is not it?


Jan
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