linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

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Message-Id: <1204886161.15966.17.camel@tara.firmix.at>
Date:	Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:36:01 +0100
From:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Pawel Plociennik <paplociennik@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

On Don, 2008-03-06 at 13:30 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
> > 
> > This really should be in kernel, I should not have to partition my
> > disk to get booting to few different distros.
> > 
> 
> Use a small initramfs.  That's the Right Thing to do in the first place.

... or use a statically linked chroot program (not necessarily to be
found in /working_distro). Shouldn't be too large anyways ....

	Bernd
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