We want all "/var/run" information to live in /dev/.run, until the real
root is mounted.
Therefore we mount a tmpfs on /dev/.run, which can/will be bind/move mounted
on /var/run later on.
First, it's duplicate code.
Second, it did not allow those who had plymouth installed to use other
methods, like the new usb key file. When building the initram,
it would install the plymouth cryptroot-ask script, and not
the crypt module one.
Added these new items to crypt module's cryptroot-ask.sh:
- 'unset' for used variables
- udevsettle
The non-plymouth cryptsetup prompt was using $1 instead of $device.
Changed prompt number from 1 to 5, as this is much nicer.
I believe plymouth already does infinite prompts.
Also added unset for usb key. Just saw it didn't unset its vars.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515589
It ends up installing the label.so control plugin which isn't supposed
to get installed into the initrd. this makes cairo and libX11 and all sorts of
things move into the initrd that aren't supposed to.
--kernel-only
only install kernel drivers and firmware files
--no-kernel
do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
All kernel module related install commands moved from "install"
to "installkernel".
For "--kernel-only" all installkernel scripts of the specified
modules are used, regardless of any checks, so that all modules
which might be needed by any dracut generic image are in.
The basic idea is to create two images. One image with the kernel
modules and one without. So if the kernel changes, you only have
to replace one image.
Grub and the kernel can handle multiple images, so grub entry can
look like this:
title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-20090722.img
initrd /initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
initrd /initrd-config.img
initrd-20090722.img
the image provided by the initrd rpm
one old backup version is kept like with the kernel
initrd-kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
the image provided by the kernel rpm
initrd-config.img
optional image with local configuration files
Harald Hoyer