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Re: New hpcboot200 - please test



On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 21:27:02 -0500, Michael Wileman wrote:

Is there a web page somewhere that explains all the boot options
possible? I have booted from wd and by nfs (with fixed ip compiled
into kernel), but haven't heard of detached rootfs or install kernel
before.

You can have a root fs image (md0) embedded into the kernel, or you
can have a detached root fs image that hpcboot will load into memory
along with the kernel.

Install kernel has an fs image embedded and it is compiled to always
use that as root fs, regardless of the boot options.

What are the uses for these various options. I assume that install kernel is for installation, but why have embedded root fs or detached root fs as opposed to a standard root fs?

Mike



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