On Oct 2, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Chris Snook wrote:
Nathanael Noblet wrote:
> On Oct 1, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Chris Snook wrote:
>> Nathanael Noblet wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I downloaded the live cd of F10 beta. Booted and added the
>>> live_ram option to the boot params. After copying the image to
>>> RAM I get the following error on two machines, (Apple Mac Book,
>>> and Acer 3680).
>>> Done copying live image to RAM.
>>> eject: did not find a device /dev/root in /sys/block
>>> Bug in initramfs /init detected. Dropping to a shell. Good luck!
>>> sbin/real-init: line 7: plymouth: command not found
>>> I know I used that param for F9. Is it depreciated or is this a
>>> bug needing filling?
>>
>> Assuming it does something different when you omit the option,
>> that's a bug. If we don't intend for it to work in F10, the
>> option should be removed entirely, and ignored if passed by the
>> user.
>>
> Yeah if you remove the live_ram from the boot options. It boots...
> Is there a rationale for removing the option? It came in super
> useful for me a month or so back. I can't remember the exact issue
> but saved the day for me when I finally found it.
If it had been removed, it wouldn't do anything. The fact that it's
doing something indicates that it's expected to still work, but
broken. Please file a BZ.
Against? mkinitrd? this is in the init in the initrd but I'm not sure
if it is for installed systems or not...