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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by andromeduck on Monday January 30, 2023 @01:26PM (#34584152)
That patch seems to be just checking more devices/partitions for images?
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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by XionXIV on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:34PM (#34586747)
I'm not sure how to explain what is going on in there, but that is the patch for shimmer.
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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by pifm_guy on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:18PM (#34591006)
The patch causes a different root filesystem to be used. Specifically, if the kernel command line specifies a root filesystem that must be used, then that one will always be mounted, even if other devices are available.
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