Re: [PATCH] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Pawel Plociennik <paplociennik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  In the short this patch has added a new chroot= kernel parameter which can be used
> >  to changing a chroot of an init process before it will has been runed.
> 
> Wouldn't booting with 'init=/usr/sbin/chroot /path /sbin/init' achieve
> the same effect?
> Haven't tested it, just wondering.

This breaks down when there's no distribution installed in /, or when
distro in / is badly broken.
									Pavel
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