Re: Theoretical Question--Mounting Root at Boot

Linux A. Wannabe PizzaPie <pizzapie_linuxanchovies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> kernel know what mount options to use here?). After mounting the root
> fs, Linux can now access /etc/fstab. So why does fstab need a line for
> how to mount root, if the kernel somehow already mounted root
> successfully?

root is remounted by the startup scripts.

Regards,

Mark.

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