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Rev

You also probably want to bind mount the real root into a subdir of the os root so you can see the other OS files from the one you boot.

psusi
– psusi

2012-05-28 02:32:54 +00:00
Commented May 28, 2012 at 2:32
@psusi You can do this via fstab or just directly do mount /dev/rootdevice /mountpoint after the system is running

Ulrich Dangel
– Ulrich Dangel

2012-05-28 02:45:22 +00:00
Commented May 28, 2012 at 2:45
I wonder when that changed? You used to not be able to mount the same block device again; you'd get an EBUSY.

psusi
– psusi

2012-05-28 02:53:56 +00:00
Commented May 28, 2012 at 2:53
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@psusi not sure but probably with the introduction of bind mounts

Ulrich Dangel
– Ulrich Dangel

2012-05-28 02:58:39 +00:00
Commented May 28, 2012 at 2:58
@UlrichDangel Thanks for the (very) detailed answer!

Azendale
– Azendale

2012-05-30 04:46:35 +00:00
Commented May 30, 2012 at 4:46

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