Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:51:01 +0100 | | From | Alain Knaff <> | | Subject | Re: The policy on initramfs decompression failure |
Theodore Tso wrote: > failed-initramfs-decode=panic Panic on failed initramfs > failed-initramfs-decode=partial If the initramfs fails part-way in, > decode what you can and let the boot > system see what files could be fully > decypted > failed-initramfs-decode=allow If the initramfs decryption fails > part-of-the-way in, continue the > boot, but do not provide the partial > initramfs --- i.e., this is the > all-or-nothing option
Interesting approach... but wouldn't it make more sense to have that be global? Or else, eventually every single panic will have such a tri-state switch, with associated option parsing and overhead, leading to bloat.
> If this is too complicated, I'd be happy with the "panic on failed > initramfs". After all, the user can always simply delete the initrd > specifier from their grub boot configuration, and simply retry the > boot....
Exactly!
Regards,
Alain
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