Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 09:11:50 +0200 From: Edward Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?Napiera=C5=82a?= <trasz@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pivot_root() and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20150803071150.GA6116@brick.home> In-Reply-To: <55BEE4A5.40107@freebsd.org> References: <654E1C53-8536-406D-B218-EA6F20848821@webweaving.org> <55BEE4A5.40107@freebsd.org>
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On 0803T1148, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 3/4/15 12:51 AM, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > I am trying to do, in effect an PXE boot/install on a local volume - and would like the machine to cut over into normal running without a reboot*. > > > > So effectively I would like to do the equivalent of pivot_root() and perhaps something special for init(8), and then jettison md, nfs and what not. > > > > Is there any way to do this on 10.1 or -current ? Or has anyone recently done work on Adrian Steinmann his 'Pivot Root for BSD’** ? > > > > Thanks, > there is SOME work going on on a similar thing.. It was in the recent > project status. > > https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.html#Root-Remount > > Also have you tried simply using a small memory filesystem loaded with > the kernel? Note that this functionality is kind of broken as well: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3204
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