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

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Date:	Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:48:37 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org>
CC:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"?

Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> 
> I managed to compile a "Testing" 1.4.31 version (in fact, version 1.4 
> didn't compile because I didn't have a "linux" link pointing to kernel 
> sources; version 1.4.31 tells that it's missing - so both versions 
> compile fine).
> 

At this point, 1.4.31 is probably what you should be using.

> The problem is... I'm not sure how to start with it. The package doesn't 
> have much documentation (other than "read the source"), does it?
> 
> On the other hand, I see it comes with a couple of useful tools, like sh 
> (dash)... They are also pretty small, so everything should fit into 300 
> kB (dash=70kB, kinit=70kB, mount=12kB).

With kinit you don't even need dash/mount... kinit is a monolithic 
binary for everything.

In other words, you'd typically use *either* dash+mount, *or* kinit...

	-hpa
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