Nice, so it is possible to do this. I'll give this a try. Russell Stockhammer wrote: > You can't "boot" into a sub-directory of a file system but you could > do the following.... > > 1) Configure grub to boot the kernel in the /mnt/lfs directory with > the current root file system as a the root directory > 2) Boot grub and pass the command "init=/mnt/lfs/bin/sh" this will run > the LFS bash shell instead of the current/host init. > 3) Once the kernel has booted and you are dropped into the shell run; > "exec chroot /mnt/lfs exec /sbin/init". This will chroot into the > /mnt/lfs system and start init as if the kernel started it at boot. > > NOTE: the "exec" is important because init -MUST- be run as PID 1. > > Russ > > > Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:37:05 -0700 > > From: justinmatt...@gmail.com > > To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org > > Subject: with new system, how to run a test boot? > > > > quick question, > > with a new fresh system in the /where directory > > is there a way to adjust grub on the host system > > to actually boot the new system, before moving the newly created > > system to / > > > > Justin P. Mattock > > -- > > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Web IM has arrived! Use Windows Live Messenger from your Hotmail inbox > <http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=823454>
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