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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm
index b62843aadd..ed30fa56b1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -363,8 +363,7 @@ the Linux kernel.")
(make-essential-device-nodes)
;; Prepare the real root file system under /root.
- (unless (file-exists? "/root")
- (mkdir "/root"))
+ (mkdir-p "/root")
(if root
;; Assume ROOT has a usable /dev tree.
(mount root "/root" "ext3")
@@ -374,6 +373,9 @@ the Linux kernel.")
(mount-essential-file-systems #:root "/root")
+ (mkdir-p "/root/tmp")
+ (mount "none" "/root/tmp" "tmpfs")
+
;; XXX: We don't copy our fellow Guile modules to /root (see
;; 'qemu-initrd'), so if TO-LOAD tries to load a module (which can
;; happen if it throws, to display the exception!), then we're