Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 17:45:06 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>, Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pivot_root() and FreeBSD Message-ID: <55BF3822.7030405@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=g91Ub=-hnfodZGbLsAoLLxsbRfY-QzE7GRz3_JP3VGA@mail.gmail.com> References: <654E1C53-8536-406D-B218-EA6F20848821@webweaving.org> <55BEE4A5.40107@freebsd.org> <20150803071150.GA6116@brick.home> <CAJ-Vmo=g91Ub=-hnfodZGbLsAoLLxsbRfY-QzE7GRz3_JP3VGA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8/3/15 3:13 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > .. and it won't work for upgrading routers, as the MIPS things don't use loader. it can also be compiled into the kernel... I've done that... a picobsd filesystem linked into the kernel grub can also handle it if grub works on mips. > > On 3 August 2015 at 00:11, Edward Tomasz Napierała <trasz@freebsd.org> wrote: >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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