On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 15:52:34 +0100 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > Control: retitle -1 Changes to root and /usr filesystem mounting and checking > Control: tag -1 patch > > There are several other issues with the initramfs-tools changes that > will require manual configuration changes on some systems. I'm > expanding this bug to cover all of them, and attaching a patch with my > text, closely based on what I already put in the package's NEWS file. Actually this text belongs in the 'Upgrading your kernel and related packages' section. Here's a new patch that puts it there. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it, get a larger hammer.
Index: en/upgrading.dbk =================================================================== --- en/upgrading.dbk (revision 10778) +++ en/upgrading.dbk (working copy) @@ -1237,6 +1237,62 @@ </para> </section> +<section id="initramfs-tools-issues"> + <!-- Wheezy to Jessie --> + <title>Changes to root and <filename>/usr</filename> filesystem mounting and checking</title> + <para> + <systemitem + role="package">initramfs-tools</systemitem> will now also run + <literal>fsck</literal> on the root filesystem before mounting it. + If the chosen init program is <literal>systemd</literal> and there + is a separate <filename>/usr</filename> filesystem, it will also + fsck and mount <filename>/usr</filename>. + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + If <filename>/usr</filename> is a separate filesystem on a + RAID device and the <literal>INITRDSTART</literal> setting in + <filename>/etc/default/mdadm</filename> is not + '<literal>all</literal>', you will need to change it to + include that device. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + If <filename>/usr</filename> is a separate filesystem on an + LVM logical volume, and the line for <filename>/usr</filename> + in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> specifies the device by + <literal>UUID</literal> or <literal>LABEL</literal>, you must + change this line to specify the device using the format + <filename>/dev/mapper/<replaceable>VG</replaceable>-<replaceable>LV</replaceable></filename> + or + <filename>/dev/<replaceable>VG</replaceable>/<replaceable>LV</replaceable></filename>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + It is no longer possible to bind-mount the + <filename>/usr</filename> filesystem. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + If the RTC (real time clock) is set to local time and the + local time is ahead of UTC, <literal>e2fsck</literal> will + print a warning during boot about the time changing backward + (<ulink url="https://bugs.debian.org/767040";>bug + #767040</ulink>). You can disable this by putting the + following lines in <filename>/etc/e2fsck.conf</filename>: + </para> + <screen> +[options] +broken_system_clock=1 +</screen> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</section> + <section id="boot-timing" arch="linux"> <title>Boot timing issues (waiting for root device)</title> <para>
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