Re: /dev before the root filesystem is mounted

From: Erik Mouw
Date: Mon Nov 13 2006 - 08:33:07 EST


On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 03:15:26PM +0300, Ivan Ukhov wrote:
> i dont use initrd. the kernel understands argument 'root=/dev/...', so
> /dev should exist, mb not in a real filesystem, but just in ram or
> something. i just want to know what devices are available for being
> the root filesystem for the kernel (displaying all available devices
> will be enough for me).

/dev does not exist because there is no root filesystem mounted. Please
read http://kernelnewbies.org/RootFileSystem .


Erik

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