In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adam wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Jonathan Lemon wrote:
>
> >On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 11:15:47AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >> On Saturday, 29 April 2000 at 13:44:08 -0700, Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> >> > jlemon 2000/04/29 13:44:08 PDT
> >> >
> >> > Added files:
> >> > lib/libstand ext2fs.c
> >> > Log:
> >> > Add ext2fs support to the loader.
> >>
> >> What's the need for this?
> >
> >It allows us to see linux partition types, and load from them;
> >I should be able to boot a freebsd kernel and memory image from
> >a pure linux box, although I've only used it to load the kernel
> >at this point.
> >--
> >Jonathan
>
> <wishlist>
> Not sure if this is a silly question or not, but could the kernel somehow
> view a specific dir on a ext2fs disk as the freebsd root and boot a
> freebsd system from it? Also being able to access the stuff below the
> freebsd root on the ext2fs partition would be cool. Any idea how much
> work it might take someone to do this? An alternative would be mounting a
> file on the ext2fs via vn as the freebsd root containing a freebsd install
> on ffs or ext2. This way might make it easier to have access to the
> underlying ext2 and make it easier for the base linux system to populate /
> modify if linux has trouble with ffs.
> </wishlist>
Just modify /sbin/init to do a changeroot before anything else.
Martin
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