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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: switch_root usage
From:       Baruch Siach <baruch () tkos ! co ! il>
Date:       2018-06-24 17:12:40
Message-ID: 20180624171240.sloh4aklvpe3ckto () tarshish
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Hi Mike, James,

On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 10:54:43AM -0600, James Bowlin wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 12:20 PM, MikeB said:
> > Am I correct in unmounting/switch_root/re-mounting for these
> > filesystems?
> 
> I mount them all again under the new root directory before I
> switch_root.  I imagine mounting them after switch_root would
> work too.  Doing it before allows me to chroot before I
> switch_root.  I only bother with umounting /dev/pts/.  I would
> be surprised if switch_root moved or remounted the pseudo
> filesystems for you automatically.

Another option is to 'mount --move' the mounted filesystems from initramfs 
mount points to their final locations under your block device rootfs.

baruch

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