Hi Philipp, Yes, something like that should work - it's more or less how most live CDs do it (though I can't speak for the details, I haven't used this method for a while - I am now using klibc instead of busybox and mounting aufs later).
If you need example scripts you could look at linux-live, for example. As to the active mounts, so long as you don't want to manipulate them afterwards, that seems to be no big problem. Best wishes, mt Philipp Wehrheim wrote: > Hey List, > > > I'm trying to use aufs in combination with initramfs and a mtd-flash > device but I can't really figure out how to do it. > > What I want is: > > - boot the kernel that starts the initramfs. > - the initramfs init checks if it can find a partition on the hd via > findfs > - and if it finds the partition mounts a squashfs(ro) and the hd > partition (rw) to /newroot > mount <hd> /aufs > cat <mtd> > /squashfs.img > mount -n /squashfs.img /squash > mount -n -t aufs -o br=/aufs:/squash none /newroot > > - if the partition is not found it mounts some tmpfs and the squashfs > mount -n -t tmpfs /aufs > mount -n <mtd> /squash > mount -n -t aufs -o br=/aufs:/squash none /newroot > > - in the end init calls > exec switch_root /newroot /sbin/init > > Can this work? > Because there are some active mount when I call switchroot? > > Can anybody share some experience please. > > -- > flip > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/