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bootparam.7: Document 'rootfstype' option 

See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=182014

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Jose Luis Domingo Lopez 2013-03-10 13:05:00 +01:00 committed by Michael Kerrisk
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@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ possible root devices in major/minor format is also accepted.
(E.g., /dev/sda3 is major 8, minor 3, so you could use 'root=0x803' as an
alternative.)
.TP
.BR "'rootfstype=...'"
The 'rootfstype' option tells the kernel to mount the root filesystem as
if it where of the type specified.
This can be useful (for example) to
mount an ext3 filesystem as ext2 and then remove the journal in the root
filesystem, in fact reverting its format from ext3 to ext2 without the
need to boot the box from alternate media.
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.BR 'ro' " and " 'rw'
The 'ro' option tells the kernel to mount the root file system
as 'read-only' so that file system consistency check programs (fsck)