Name
switch_root — switch to another filesystem as the
root of the mount tree.
Synopsis
switch_root
newroot init [
arg... ]
DESCRIPTION
switch_root
moves already mounted /proc, /dev and /sys to newroot
and makes newroot
the new root filesystem
and starts init
process.
WARNING: switch_root removes
recursively all files and directories on the current root
filesystem.
OPTIONS
−h,
−−help
-
show help and exit
−V,
−−version
-
show version number and exit
RETURN VALUE
switch_root
returns 0 on success and 1 on failure.
AVAILABILITY
The switch_root command is part of the util-linux-ng
package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
Karel Zak <kzakredhat.com>
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