From 378c18e5f024ac5a8aef4cb40d7c9aa9633d144c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 16:30:35 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 2.38.1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- sys-utils/switch_root.8 | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sys-utils/switch_root.8 (limited to 'sys-utils/switch_root.8') diff --git a/sys-utils/switch_root.8 b/sys-utils/switch_root.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e295312 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-utils/switch_root.8 @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: switch_root +.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section] +.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.15 +.\" Date: 2022-08-02 +.\" Manual: System Administration +.\" Source: util-linux 2.38.1 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "SWITCH_ROOT" "8" "2022-08-02" "util\-linux 2.38.1" "System Administration" +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.ss \n[.ss] 0 +.nh +.ad l +.de URL +\fI\\$2\fP <\\$1>\\$3 +.. +.als MTO URL +.if \n[.g] \{\ +. mso www.tmac +. am URL +. ad l +. . +. am MTO +. ad l +. . +. LINKSTYLE blue R < > +.\} +.SH "NAME" +switch_root \- switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +\fBswitch_root\fP [\fB\-hV\fP] +.sp +\fBswitch_root\fP \fInewroot init\fP [\fIarg\fP...] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.sp +\fBswitch_root\fP moves already mounted \fI/proc\fP, \fI/dev\fP, \fI/sys\fP and \fI/run\fP to \fInewroot\fP and makes \fInewroot\fP the new root filesystem and starts \fIinit\fP process. +.sp +\fBWARNING: switch_root removes recursively all files and directories on the current root filesystem.\fP +.SH "OPTIONS" +.sp +\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP +.RS 4 +Display help text and exit. +.RE +.sp +\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP +.RS 4 +Print version and exit. +.RE +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +.sp +\fBswitch_root\fP returns 1 on failure, it never returns on success. +.SH "NOTES" +.sp +\fBswitch_root\fP will fail to function if \fInewroot\fP is not the root of a mount. If you want to switch root into a directory that does not meet this requirement then you can first use a bind\-mounting trick to turn any directory into a mount point: +.sp +.if n .RS 4 +.nf +.fam C +mount \-\-bind $DIR $DIR +.fam +.fi +.if n .RE +.SH "AUTHORS" +.sp +.MTO "pjones\(atredhat.com" "Peter Jones" "," +.MTO "katzj\(atredhat.com" "Jeremy Katz" "," +.MTO "kzak\(atredhat.com" "Karel Zak" "" +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.sp +\fBchroot\fP(2), +\fBinit\fP(8), +\fBmkinitrd\fP(8), +\fBmount\fP(8) +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +.sp +For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c +.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "." +.SH "AVAILABILITY" +.sp +The \fBswitch_root\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c +.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "." \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3