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Re: update-initramfs -k all -u



On Fri, 18 May 2007 01:18:01 +0200
David Härdeman <david@hardeman.nu> wrote:

> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:23:55AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> >also sprach Tim Dijkstra <newsuser@famdijkstra.org> [2007.05.15.2201 +0200]:
> >> Now what do people think is the best option? (And why?)
> >
> >I use -k all in mdadm already. I could not find any reasons why that
> >would not be a good idea.
> 
> The reason I didn't use it in cryptsetup's initramfs script was that 
> many people who have > 1 kernel use the second one as a fallback. In 
> case the updated version of the package which calls update-initramfs in 
> its postinst contains some grave bug which renders the initramfs image 
> useless, the old one will still be there...

Yes, but when initramfs and the root partition need to be in sync to be
functional, the backup won't help you either...

grts Tim

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