linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

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Date:	Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:11:00 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@...il.com>
Cc:	Pawel Plociennik <paplociennik@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

Hi!

> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Pawel Plociennik <paplociennik@...il.com> wrote:
> >  In the short this patch has added a new chroot= kernel parameter which can be used
> >  to changing a chroot of an init process before it will has been runed.
> 
> Wouldn't booting with 'init=/usr/sbin/chroot /path /sbin/init' achieve
> the same effect?
> Haven't tested it, just wondering.

This breaks down when there's no distribution installed in /, or when
distro in / is badly broken.
									Pavel
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