Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > The device is pretty small and has no keyboard, video card etc., so if it ever
> > happens to break (can be a disk failure, but also operator who messed with
> > startup scripts), it has to be opened (warranty!).
> >
> > These all unpleasant tasks could be avoided if it was possible to have a
> > "fallback" device. For example, consider this hypothetical command line:
> >
> > root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1
>
> You should use initramfs to achieve that.

All right.
I see that initramfs is attached to the kernel itself.

So it leaves me only a question: will I fit all tools into 300 kB 
(considering I'll use uClibc and busybox)?


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Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org
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