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Bug#591025: marked as done (Remove the irrelevent BOOT in initramfs.conf - patch available)



Your message dated Sat, 25 Dec 2010 20:44:46 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#591025: Remove the irrelevent BOOT in initramfs.conf - patch available
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regarding Remove the irrelevent BOOT in initramfs.conf - patch available
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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.97.2

The BOOT switch should not be set in the initramfs.conf.
It should be determined in boot time by the boot commandline, by
either explicitly a "boot=foo" or implicitly such as "root=/root/nfs".

I suggest that the BOOT directive in initramfs.conf be deprecated.

The attachment is a simple patch to achieve this.



Attachment: initramfs-tools-0.92.2.patch
Description: Binary data


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On Mon, 02 Aug 2010, wolfle@yahoo.com wrote:

> This is why I come to this:
> 
> I wanted to build up an initramfs for boot from nfs/aoe/iscsi, but not 
> determined from which of the three in time of making the initramfs. I found it's 
> impossible with a BOOT set in the initramfs.conf. After looking at the scripts, 
> I came to the thought that BOOT should not be set in the  initramfs.conf.
> 
> I have not used a Debian live, so don't know the live-initramfs affair. What I 
> know is about Ubuntu live CD, in which it set "BOOT=casper" in boot commandline 
> from the syslinux configure file. If there are some live-initramfs prefer to set 
> BOOT in initramfs.conf rather than to set in syslinux configure file, I suggest 
> that the BOOT directive in initramfs be optional: it should not be a choice from 
> "local | nfs" but an optional one for the live-initramfs.
> 

* BOOT is not irrelevant

We do not remove features without proper reasons. closing as not a bug.


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