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SWITCH_ROOT(8) | System Administration | SWITCH_ROOT(8) |
NAME¶
switch_root - switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree
SYNOPSIS¶
switch_root [-hV]
switch_root newroot init [arg...]
DESCRIPTION¶
switch_root moves already mounted /proc, /dev, /sys and /run 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
-V, --version
EXIT STATUS¶
switch_root returns 0 on success and 1 on failure.
NOTES¶
switch_root will fail to function if 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:
mount --bind $DIR $DIR
AUTHORS¶
Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>, Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>, Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
SEE ALSO¶
REPORTING BUGS¶
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues>.
AVAILABILITY¶
The switch_root command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
2022-02-14 | util-linux 2.37.4 |