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Excluding kernel modules through /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf does not work
I don't want to load the kernel module nouveau on my debian box at startup, so I put the following in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:
blacklist ttm
blacklist drm
blacklist nouveau
I even did a ...
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Can I make low-level changes on a root fs mounted RO?
Related to this question: having a root file system that had to be mounted read-only (say it's completely broken), can I reformat the partition or dd a older backup image on top of it (and then ...
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Where is fsck startet for the root filesystem at boot?
I want to extend an existing Debian 6.0 system so that it is able to automatically fix a corrupt root file system by restoring a separate image. That process should start automatically instead of the ...
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Given vmlinuz and initrd.gz, how do I find out, where the kernel is going to load / (root) file system from?
I'm trying various ways of Linux installation (from iso, flash, iso on flash, kernel on flash, root FS in iso-file on flash...) and want to understand what's going on.
My question is: is it possible, ...
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Does /init (or /linuxrc) script creates temporary device nodes in /dev?
Considering that GRUB executes following lines:
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd /initrd
On boot, how does the Linux kernel finds out about /dev/sda1 device node?
I know that ...
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Why does initramfs mount the root filesystem read-only
What is the reason for the root filesystem being mounted ro in the initramfs (and in initrd).
For example the Gentoo initramfs guide mounts the root filesystem with:
mount -o ro /dev/sda1 /mnt/root
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