Hendrik: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:09:29AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:33:30 +0100 (CET) > > k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > > > > With all this discussion about installing procedures, why do we need > > > to reboot during reboot ? I meant: to reboot during install ? > > > Couldn't one boot the install media like an initram thing and then > > > pivot_root (or what is used today) the real system and continuing > > > from there... ... > It's not possible to pivot_root away from the install USB to the > installed root system on rotating rust (or whatever permannt storage > the computer has?
Ok. > Does this have anything to do with initramfs? Possibly not, but initramfs/initrd does that all the times, i.e. during boot, do something and then switch to installed system. > It would probably constrain the installer to use the same kernel as the > installee, though. Which means lots of installer versions. Yes, but this was meant as a "research" project, is it possible and if so, what are the consequences. /// One possible way to test this could be to have a greatly simplified installer in an initramfs/initrd, which basically does a "precompiled" install to a known system, and then switches to it and possible continues from that. Regards, /Karl Hammar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aspö Data Lilla Aspö 148 S-742 94 Östhammar Sweden _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
