Hey Michael, thanks for your quick reply.
> Hi Philipp, > > Yes, something like that should work - it's more or less how most live > CDs do it (though I can't speak for the details, I haven't used this > method for a while - I am now using klibc instead of busybox and > mounting aufs later). > > If you need example scripts you could look at linux-live, for example. > > As to the active mounts, so long as you don't want to manipulate them > afterwards, that seems to be no big problem. Yes I will have to manipulate the mountpoints I guess. It is possible that I'll have to unmount aufs, which will be "one layer below". Do you/anybody see a way how this could be achieved? -- flip > > Best wishes, > mt > > Philipp Wehrheim wrote: > > Hey List, > > > > > > I'm trying to use aufs in combination with initramfs and a mtd-flash > > device but I can't really figure out how to do it. > > > > What I want is: > > > > - boot the kernel that starts the initramfs. > > - the initramfs init checks if it can find a partition on the hd via > > findfs > > - and if it finds the partition mounts a squashfs(ro) and the hd > > partition (rw) to /newroot > > mount <hd> /aufs > > cat <mtd> > /squashfs.img > > mount -n /squashfs.img /squash > > mount -n -t aufs -o br=/aufs:/squash none /newroot > > > > - if the partition is not found it mounts some tmpfs and the squashfs > > mount -n -t tmpfs /aufs > > mount -n <mtd> /squash > > mount -n -t aufs -o br=/aufs:/squash none /newroot > > > > - in the end init calls > > exec switch_root /newroot /sbin/init > > > > Can this work? > > Because there are some active mount when I call switchroot? > > > > Can anybody share some experience please. > > > > -- > > flip > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kanns mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/
