On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:30:05 -0400 "Brian J. Murrell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've created a "whole_filesystem" style extroot with the following > commands: > > # mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 > # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt > # mkdir -p /tmp/cproot > # mount --bind / /tmp/cproot > # tar -C /tmp/cproot -cvf - . | tar -C /mnt -xf - > # umount /tmp/cproot > # umount /mnt > > I've installed kmod-usb-storage kmod-fs-ext3 block-mount block-extroot > block-hotplug e2fsprogs and created an /etc/config/fstab: > > config global automount > option from_fstab 1 > option anon_mount 1 > > config global autoswap > option from_fstab 1 > option anon_swap 0 > > config mount > option target /mnt > option device /dev/sda1 > option fstype ext3 > option options rw,sync > option enabled 1 > option enabled_fsck 1 > option is_rootfs 1 > > and yet the extroot is not being mounted at /, but rather /mnt (this > was the syntax prior to my upgrading to RC5). If I change the target > to "/", the mount table says it is mounted, but when I use df I see > the same usage values as the > /dev/root 2.1M 2.1M 0 100% /rom > mini_fo:/overlay 2.1M 2.1M 0 100% / > > pair and files in / are from prior to the mount, not what is > on /dev/sda1 > > Is this known to be broken or working in RC5? > > Cheers, > b. > Sorry I got busy after I made the changes to trunk and forgot to backport them to backfire. The whole filesystem style extroot is a feature available in backfire at this time. I'm hesitant to backport for 10.03.1 now, unless there will be an rc6, because it could break things to backport those changes, and I'd like more testing than people svn'ing the backire tree between now and the final release. -- <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org
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