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* how to setup loopback before calling mount_root() .. root=/dev/loop0
@ 2002-04-17 16:24 Domen Stangar
  2002-04-17 16:38 ` Andreas Dilger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Domen Stangar @ 2002-04-17 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Can anyone please tell me if there is a way to use lo_ioctl before mounting 
root.
How to use lo_ioctl in kernel in way like:
losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/hda3 ?
then root=/dev/loop0

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* Re: how to setup loopback before calling mount_root() .. root=/dev/loop0
  2002-04-17 16:24 how to setup loopback before calling mount_root() .. root=/dev/loop0 Domen Stangar
@ 2002-04-17 16:38 ` Andreas Dilger
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Dilger @ 2002-04-17 16:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Domen Stangar; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Apr 17, 2002  18:24 +0200, Domen Stangar wrote:
> Can anyone please tell me if there is a way to use lo_ioctl before mounting 
> root.
> How to use lo_ioctl in kernel in way like:
> losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/hda3 ?
> then root=/dev/loop0

Set up an initrd which does this exactly.

Cheers, Andreas
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