Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 12:33:11 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libstand ext2fs Message-ID: <95629.957209591@localhost> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 30 Apr 2000 01:56:56 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004300149250.27635-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
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> <wishlist> > Not sure if this is a silly question or not, but could the kernel somehow > view a specific dir on a ext2fs disk as the freebsd root and boot a > freebsd system from it? Also being able to access the stuff below the I think there's a more general need to have a loader variable which you can set for "chrootdir", that being the subdirectory of the rootfs which becomes "/". Such a feature would be good for a lot more than just hosting a FreeBSD system inside your existing Red Hat installation. :) Booting multiple versions of FreeBSD without having to play partition games comes to mind.. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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