Re: Theoretical Question--Mounting Root at Boot

Linux A. Wannabe PizzaPie wrote: 
Hi,

I'm a mid-level noob, and I'm trying to better understand the bootup
process.  I learned rdev tells your kernel where to find the root
filesystem.  So the kernel must mount that filesystem on / (how does the
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?

I am an experienced noob as well. But I do belieave that the kernal mounts root as read-only then mounts it as Read/write. If I am wrong sombody correct me please, Thanks.
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