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From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
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Subject: Re: RFC: enhancing the root mount logic
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* Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> wrote:
> 1.  The /sbin/init being run is not the one on the actual (final)
>     root file system. Getting that one to run requires a special
>     init on the ramdisk.

Well, the FreeBSD live CD I posted on the lists the other day has such a
special /sbin/init. See the attachment. Maybe it could be rewritten in
such a way that it parses a text file (fstab-like?), which can also be
placed on the mdroot?

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 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
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