On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 04:28:42PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > As I pointed out in my first mail the init script of udev > > (/etc/init.d/udev) tries to mount --bind and --move stuff. And this > > fails on rootfs[1], so either the kernel or udev can be blamed and udev > > is easier to blame. > > Looks like I forgot my footnote: > > [1] In case this has been unclear a quote from > Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt: > > | What is rootfs? > | --------------- > | > | Rootfs is a special instance of ramfs (or tmpfs, if that's enabled), which > is > | always present in 2.6 systems. You can't unmount rootfs for approximately > the > | same reason you can't kill the init process; rather than having special code > | to check for and handle an empty list, it's smaller and simpler for the > kernel > | to just make sure certain lists can't become empty. > | > | Most systems just mount another filesystem over rootfs and ignore it. The > | amount of space an empty instance of ramfs takes up is tiny.
sooo urgss you are not using run-init!? -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
