Unless I miss my guess, I'd say what's happening is, when the computer first starts booting, it uses the /boot partition as its root. Once it has enough software loaded to understand the actual / partition, it switches the root partition to be the actual /. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Matty Sarro <msarro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey everyone, > When a RHEL system is booting, in the messages you can see "Switching to > new > root." Can someone explain this part of the bootup process? What exactly is > meant by "new root," is it simply another shell starting or what? > -Matthew > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Stephen Gilbert RHCE - 804006953620491 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
