Bug#772416: initrd: support booting from chroot

2016-05-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
You asked what would be needed to get this patch merged, so here's a list: 1. It will need to be rebased on the current version of    initramfs-tools (0.125).  I think the mount changes now belong at    the bottom of local_mount_root, not in local_bottom, as    local_bottom runs after we attempt 

Bug#772416: initrd: support booting from chroot

2014-12-06 Thread lemonsqueeze
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.109.1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, Chroots are pretty neat to maintain different systems side by side without too much hassle, however once in while you need to boot from one of them and then you're in trouble (no easy way to do it afaik). I came up

Bug#772416: initrd: support booting from chroot

2014-12-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 04:49:10PM +0100, lemonsqueeze wrote: Patch and details can be found here: https://github.com/lemonsqueeze/boot_chroot https://github.com/lemonsqueeze/boot_chroot/blob/master/initrd.patch $ wget

Bug#772416: initrd: support booting from chroot

2014-12-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 05:44:02PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 04:49:10PM +0100, lemonsqueeze wrote: Patch and details can be found here: https://github.com/lemonsqueeze/boot_chroot https://github.com/lemonsqueeze/boot_chroot/blob/master/initrd.patch $