Subject: re: feature request: root file system change
To: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/19/2005 11:06:36
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 11:53:12PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> this sounds like an OK idea except that i'd like to be able to free
> any memory allocated to the (first) root etc. and chroot won't do
> that.
the ramdisk is still loaded within kernel memory, whether mounted or
not, isn't it?
it doesn't have to be a ramdisk, and the fact that it is still
mounted underneath means it is using resources...
.mrg.