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These properties +</I>>><i> (FS_UUID - can be seen via e.g. udevadm info --query=property +</I>>><i> --name=/dev/sda5) as needed by dracut to detect things properly (rather +</I>>><i> than resulting to lots of weird and wonderful probing methods dracut +</I>>><i> tries to use udev as it's primary source of info). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> So these rules ensured that the UUID of /dev/sd* partitions were +</I>>><i> available in udev. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Maybe should we include them into rescue too, shouldn't we? +</I> +Yeah that makes sense IMO. Sorry I should have fixed it there too. We +may also want to investigate whether or not we should "fake" a dracut +boot (i.e. mount /run and make sure the folder /run/initramfs exists). +The only real requirement is that all the necessary info is available in +udev to generate an initrd. I think with the rules and with udev +starting before any lvm/crypt commands then that should be fine. + + +Longer term, I think we can maybe look to use dracut itself to create a +rescue image itself (and maybe even stage1)... but that's for another day :D + +Col + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="014451.html">[Mageia-dev] [soft-commits] [4017] Include persistent-storage udev rules ( needed for UUID info on root disks during install) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="014461.html">[Mageia-dev] [soft-commits] [4017] Include persistent-storage udev rules ( needed for UUID info on root disks during install) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#14459">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#14459">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#14459">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#14459">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |