Hi, I am just curious if something like this is possible. I essentially need a two part boot process.
I would like to have linux first boot to an initrd with a sshd running on it. Then, after connecting to this system over the network, I would like to have the boot process finish by doing a pivot_root/chroot to a new root partition. I was thinking what I really need is like a linuxrc1 and a linuxrc2. The initrd would be a bare minimum system with a sshd running on it, which is started via linuxrc1. linuxrc2 would be the script I execute after connecting via ssh to do the pivot_root. I'm not sure if there are any limitations on the size of ramdrives or not, but I have 512 GB of memory and this thing doesn't need to run on a floppy so space issues are not too important. If anyone can point me to a good initrd "how-to" that would be great. Mainly I just want to get an idea if something like this is possible before investing a lot in it. cheers, e p.s. in case your curious, I'm trying to figure out a way to enter the passwords for a loopback encrypted root filesystem over ssh, so I don't have to be right at the console to mount the system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
