Subject: re: feature request: root file system change
To: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/19/2005 11:06:36
   
   On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 11:53:12PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
   > this sounds like an OK idea except that i'd like to be able to free
   > any memory allocated to the (first) root etc. and chroot won't do
   > that.
   
   the ramdisk is still loaded within kernel memory, whether mounted or
   not, isn't it?

it doesn't have to be a ramdisk, and the fact that it is still
mounted underneath means it is using resources...


.mrg.