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Message-ID: <4730CAD8.1050407@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:13:12 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: Introduce rootdir bootparm to select which dir
 to sys_chroot

Al Boldi wrote:
> Al Boldi wrote:
>> This patch introduces a rootdir kernel boot parameter, which specifies the
>> path to the kernel sys_chroot boot dir.
>>
>> This is useful for systems that have more than one distribution installed
>> on the same fs/partition.

This seems like something that should be done via an initramfs.

	-hpa

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