Re: Is initramfs freed after kernel is booted?

[Chris Friesen]

viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:06:48AM -0500, Chris Friesen wrote:

> > Anyone know why it overmounts rather than pivots?

> Because amount of extra code you lose that way takes more memory than
> empty roots takes.
>
> Remove whatever files you don't need and be done with that.

How do you remove files from the old rootfs after the new one has been 
mounted on top of it?

Chris



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