Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

[Ingo Molnar]

* Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > But given an existing initrd (which might have come from the distro, 
> > etc.) i prefer adding boot options instead of modifying the initrd.
> 
> I assume this is so you have have /distro1 /distro2 and use your boot
> option to (help) select which one you boot into?

while i have no personal use for chroot=, i generally test distros that 
way, yes - and i try to keep them as unmodified as possible.

"Use the initrd as an extended boot commandline" is a poor answer IMO. 

_Everything_ we do on the boot commandline that affects user-space can 
be done in an initrd in theory - but still we have hundreds of boot 
options.

	Ingo
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