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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:09:41 +0100 From: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org> To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"? 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)? -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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