05-09-2007, Robert P. J. Day: > > i'm reading the "init" script contained in my current kernel's > initramfs, and i can see how installing that kernel ran a post-install > script that created "init" and hard-coded it to refer to my actual > root filesystem. > > so what happens when i boot and specify an alternate root FS with > "root="? somehow, that has to override the hardcoded partition name > in "init", no? when is that done? thanks. Nothing unless `init=` is alternate. But maybe there are boot init scripts, which handle that. ____ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
