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> > > [1] I'm trying to get support for /boot being mounted as a separate FS
> > and
> > > as such I would need to have a "self-pointing" symlink (e.g. "boot -> ."
> > )
You're going about this the wrong way; no need to modify the boot2
source, just place a boot.config in the root of the /boot, with a
single line: '/loader', then everything works fine.