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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


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