Re: how to setup loopback before calling mount_root() .. root=/dev/loop0

Andreas Dilger (adilger@clusterfs.com)
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:38:57 -0600

On Apr 17, 2002 18:24 +0200, Domen Stangar wrote:
> Can anyone please tell me if there is a way to use lo_ioctl before mounting
> root.
> How to use lo_ioctl in kernel in way like:
> losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/hda3 ?
> then root=/dev/loop0

Set up an initrd which does this exactly.

Cheers, Andreas

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