Re: bootup dialog in kernel for arbitrary root, etc.

[Eric W. Biederman]

Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 21 Jun 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> > No, I still don't follow.
> 
> All these have happened. 

O.k. But occasionally you want to use the kernel in flash as your
primary kernel?  Is that what I'm hearing.

If that is the case it should be rather simple to have
a line or two of code that mounts your default filesystems,
calls pivot root, unmounts the ramdisk, and execs /sbin/init.

Eric