Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-11-01 Thread aer-list
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Pardon?! This doesn't make any sense... > > > > The question was: how do switch from the initrd to using the ramfs as /? > > Using pivot_root should do it (after the pivot, you can of course nuke > > the initrd ramdisk.) > > My question is:

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-11-01 Thread aer-list
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: Pardon?! This doesn't make any sense... The question was: how do switch from the initrd to using the ramfs as /? Using pivot_root should do it (after the pivot, you can of course nuke the initrd ramdisk.) My question is: What do you

Re: / on ramfs, possible? [yes! - patch included]

2000-10-30 Thread Matt Yourst
Hi, I read your post and I think I have just what you're looking for. I've attached a patch that allows you to mount root as ramfs and populate it directly from a tar archive (specified just like an initrd image, but without having to deal with a fixed-size initrd or pivot_root at all.) This was

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread Jeff Garzik
David Woodhouse wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Pardon?! This doesn't make any sense... > > > > The question was: how do switch from the initrd to using the ramfs as /? > > Using pivot_root should do it (after the pivot, you can of course nuke > > the initrd

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
David Woodhouse wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Pardon?! This doesn't make any sense... > > > > The question was: how do switch from the initrd to using the ramfs as /? > > Using pivot_root should do it (after the pivot, you can of course nuke > > the initrd

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread David Woodhouse
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Pardon?! This doesn't make any sense... > > The question was: how do switch from the initrd to using the ramfs as /? > Using pivot_root should do it (after the pivot, you can of course nuke > the initrd ramdisk.) My question is: What do you want

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
David Woodhouse wrote: > > On 29 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an > > > initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at > > > all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device > > >

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread David Woodhouse
On 29 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an > > initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at > > all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device > > (major,minor) or nfs. > > > > Am I

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread Stuart Lynne
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Anders Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--==_Exmh_17293564P >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > >I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an >initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at >all

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread Alan Cox
> I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an > initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at > all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device > (major,minor) or nfs. > > Am I out of luck using ramfs as /? If it's easy to fix,

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread Alan Cox
I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device (major,minor) or nfs. Am I out of luck using ramfs as /? If it's easy to fix, how

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread David Woodhouse
On 29 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device (major,minor) or nfs. Am I out of luck

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
David Woodhouse wrote: On 29 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device (major,minor)

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread David Woodhouse
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: Pardon?! This doesn't make any sense... The question was: how do switch from the initrd to using the ramfs as /? Using pivot_root should do it (after the pivot, you can of course nuke the initrd ramdisk.) My question is: What do you want to do

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
David Woodhouse wrote: On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: Pardon?! This doesn't make any sense... The question was: how do switch from the initrd to using the ramfs as /? Using pivot_root should do it (after the pivot, you can of course nuke the initrd ramdisk.) My

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-30 Thread Jeff Garzik
David Woodhouse wrote: On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: Pardon?! This doesn't make any sense... The question was: how do switch from the initrd to using the ramfs as /? Using pivot_root should do it (after the pivot, you can of course nuke the initrd ramdisk.) My

Re: / on ramfs, possible? [yes! - patch included]

2000-10-30 Thread Matt Yourst
Hi, I read your post and I think I have just what you're looking for. I've attached a patch that allows you to mount root as ramfs and populate it directly from a tar archive (specified just like an initrd image, but without having to deal with a fixed-size initrd or pivot_root at all.) This was

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-29 Thread Adam J. Richter
Anders Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an >initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at >all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device >(major,minor) or nfs. > >Am I out of luck

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-29 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Anders Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an > initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at > all possible? The way I see it

/ on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-29 Thread Anders Eriksson
I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device (major,minor) or nfs. Am I out of luck using ramfs as /? If it's easy to fix, how do I

/ on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-29 Thread Anders Eriksson
I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device (major,minor) or nfs. Am I out of luck using ramfs as /? If it's easy to fix, how do I

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-29 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By author:Anders Eriksson [EMAIL PROTECTED] In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at all possible? The way I see it the

Re: / on ramfs, possible?

2000-10-29 Thread Adam J. Richter
Anders Eriksson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I want my / to be a ramfs filesystem. I intend to populate it from an initrd image, and then remount / as the ramfs filesystem. Is that at all possible? The way I see it the kernel requires / on a device (major,minor) or nfs. Am I out of luck using