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From: Mark A. <mr...@po...> - 2001-04-04 17:50:25
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"David L. Parsley" <pa...@li...> writes: > > Sure, just don't make a 'linuxrc' file, instead: > root=/dev/ram init=/whatever/you/like (/sbin/init even). > This is the right way to do things now > I use a shell script init which later exec's the real init - still pid=1. Where does you specify those kernel cmdline parameters. As a bootp resource? And isn't the kernel still in "initrd mode", wanting to do a pivot/init instead of halting the system as soon as that "initial process" dies? > > Or am I stuck with having to construct an initrd that tftp's a > > rootdisk image down and mounts and pivots to that? > > I use userspace tftp quite a bit for my work; what tftp are you using? > I've patched RedHat's tftp-0.17 for command-line operation, and like it > pretty well. The tftp included with busybox wasn't very robust and > would frequently time out and fail. Thanks for the advanced warning on that. -- Mark Atwood | I'm wearing black only until I find something darker. mr...@po... | http://www.pobox.com/~mra |
