Bug#489008: initramfs-tools: Does not work with labels containing '/'
On 2008-07-02 20:39 +0200, Josh Triplett wrote:
> The initramfs scripts cannot handle a label containing '/'.
Same here, with the label being "/". :-(
> For example, if I boot with root=LABEL=/alt-root , I get a message
> saying the initramfs could not find /dev/disk/by-label//alt-root .
Hm, I don't even get such a message, but simply "mount: No such device"
followed by three "mount: No such file or directory" messages before I
land in busybox.
> From the initramfs shell, "echo /dev/disk/by-label/*" showed
> /dev/disk/by-label/\x2falt-root . However, on the booted system I see
> /dev/disk/by-label/alt-root.
Shouldn't that be /dev/disk/by-label/\xf2alt-root? Except if you're
using zsh, which will convert \xf2 to /.
Sven
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