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| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/switch_root.8 | 13 |
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diff --git a/sys-utils/switch_root.8 b/sys-utils/switch_root.8 index 4fdc8e945..b6712ecb1 100644 --- a/sys-utils/switch_root.8 +++ b/sys-utils/switch_root.8 @@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ show version number and exit .B switch_root returns 0 on success and 1 on failure. +.SH NOTES +switch_root will fail to function if +.B newroot +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 +.nf +.RS +mount --bind $DIR $DIR +.RE +.fi + .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR mount (8) .BR chroot (2) |