From: "Ivan Ukhov" <uvsoft@gmail.com>
To: "Jan Engelhardt" <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Subject: Re: /dev before the root filesystem is mounted
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:15:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5de567c0611130415t6cbe97efr8e60a3d3e091d04d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0611131234140.28210@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
i dont use initrd. the kernel understands argument 'root=/dev/...', so
/dev should exist, mb not in a real filesystem, but just in ram or
something. i just want to know what devices are available for being
the root filesystem for the kernel (displaying all available devices
will be enough for me).
2006/11/13, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>:
>
> > I want the kernel (2.4) to display (just using printk) all available
> > devices with full path (/dev/...) before the root filesystem is
> > mounted.
>
> Case 1: You do not use an initrd/initramfs:
> / is empty, /dev does not exist.
>
> Case 2: You do use an initrd/initramfs
> You populated /dev during creation of the initrd/initramfs image OR
> your init script inside the initrd/initramfs mknods the nodes when run.
>
>
> -`J'
> --
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-13 12:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-13 10:52 Ivan Ukhov
2006-11-13 11:36 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-11-13 12:15 ` Ivan Ukhov [this message]
2006-11-13 12:26 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-11-13 13:32 ` Erik Mouw
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