Bug#672160: Directory /boot/console-setup

[Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg>]

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 09:40:23PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> Generally the console has to work even before root is mounted, so
> that the user can enter a decryption password if necessary.

Unfortunately, as far as I know currently this doesn't work in 
Debian.  Proper wishlist bug reports have been filled but we 
haven't come yet to a solution that is good for all developers.

Anyway, we may not expect that all initrd images are able to 
configure the console.
 
> What is it that needs to be done before other filesystems are
> mounted, but not before root is mounted?

At least the keyboard has to be configured before fsck runs.

Anton Zinoviev