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    [PATCH] Improper initrd failure message at boot time · f220ab2a
    Jay Lan authored
    
    
    On system boot up, there was an failure reported to boot.msg:
    
         <5>Trying to move old root to /initrd ... failed
    
    According to initrd(4) man page, step #7 of BOOT-UP OPERATION
    is described as below:
              7. If the normal root file has directory /initrd, device
              /dev/ram0 is moved from  /  to  /initrd.   Otherwise  if
              directory  /initrd  does  not  exist device /dev/ram0 is
              unmounted.
    
    We got service calls from customers concerning about this failure message
    at boot time.  Many systems do not have /initrd and thus the message can be
    changed in the case of non-existing /initrd so that it does not sound like
    a failure of the system.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJay Lan <jlan@sgi.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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