Re: [PATCH] ip autoconfig with modules, kernel 2.4

Brian J. Murrell (brian@mountainviewdata.com)
Fri, 11 May 2001 11:49:09 -0700


On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 07:38:33PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
>
> As long as you can get the root server IP and path from the DHCP client,

I can do that. :-)

> then you mount it in a directory, and use pivot_root() to change to
> that directory.

Cool.

> See the "Changing the root device" of Documentation/initrd.txt for more
> information about this.

This looks like the ticket. I will hack away at that when I can get a
moment. :-)

Thanx!

b.

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