Bug#448316: apt does not work in initramfs
Amos Waterland <apw@us.ibm.com> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 12:18:25PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> > As you know, initramfs images must be fairly small in order to netboot,
>> > but once they are booted, they can expand. So I am including apt-get
>> > and in this case just the bare minimum required to run MySQL in the
>> > initramfs, and the user can then install whatever mysql support packages
>> > they want after they have booted.
>>
>> Well but then user would need to reinstall the packages every time
>> machine is rebooted, wouldn't it?
>
> Yes, but part of the value of software appliances is that they are
> stateless. You can think of them like a LiveCD. So I want users to be
> able to add packages at runtime, and if they decided they want them to
> be there permanently I will make a new appliance with a stripped-down
> package included.
I got it. Yes, it has a nice usage schenario.
I, now, understand why you want it.
:-) Looking forward for your proposed patch.
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