initrd: read file from flash

[Martin Langhoff]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Esteban Bordón <ebordon.uy at gmail.com> wrote:
> can I read a file located in flash card from initrd?
> if my file is in /boot I could read it from /bootpart directory?

If your file is in /security, it's easy (have a look at the code that
reads the leases, for example).

If your file is in /boot or anywhere else in what becomes the "root"
partition, you have to navigate the /versions directory and follow the
'current' symlinks.

hth,



m
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