Re: seek into root fs ?

Itai Nahshon (nahshon@actcom.co.il)
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 01:31:30 +0200

B. James Phillippe wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to know if it's possible to boot a kernel and have it
> mount the root filesystem at some offset from the beginning of the root
> device.

It should be possible when using loop device and initrd.

(You can specify an offcet for a loop device).

Itai

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Itai Nahshon   nahshon@actcom.co.il
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