Re: Rootfs mounted from user space - problem with umount

[John Zielinski]

Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> I'm missing something - why not use an initrd and pivot_root and then
> unmount the old root?  Seems to work here.
>  

I'm using the 2.6.0-test9 kernel and initramfs to store video mode data 
that my kernel mods will read during boot.  Using cpio is a lot easier 
than making a file system using the loopback device.   I want to keep 
the rootfs around since I can modify it and then cpio it back up in a 
shutdown script for next boot.

If I used initrd I'd also have to set up a usable filesystem.  This way 
I can just have data in there.

John




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