From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 14 May 2002 06:39:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 14 May 2002 06:39:34 -0400 Received: from a217-118-40-108.bluecom.no ([217.118.40.108]:45329 "EHLO mail.circlestorm.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 14 May 2002 06:39:33 -0400 Message-ID: <016f01c1fb33$d97baef0$8f2b76d9@dead2> From: "Hans K. Rosbach" To: Subject: Initrd or Cdrom as root Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:41:05 +0200 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Is there any way to dynamically load initrd or cdrom permanently as the root fs when booting from cdrom? My problem is that I need a reliable way to ALWAYS find the correct device to mount. Is there any way to make the kernel automagically mount the cdrom it booted from? I believe that for example SuSE installer cd does this, but I cannot figure out how they do it. If on initrd, I need about 300MB space on the root fs. If this is not possible, what do I need to modify in the kernel? -HKR