Steve Kieu wrote: > How can I do that? can I do a > > chroot /mnt/loop /sbin/init > > or chroot /mnt/loop /bin/bash
These will probably work (I've never chrooted and ran init; if init is already running it won't work). But they do leave behind that unsightly original root fs. Even if you can't see it, you'll know it's there, eh? Check out the man page for pivot_root. This utility allows you to swap in a new root filesystem. The old root filesystem remains mounted at /mnt or somewhere like that in the new root, and can be cleanly unmounted even. It's quite handy. -- see shy jo
