From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XYiR7-0003Ec-Ep for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:24:49 +0000 Received: from www17.your-server.de ([213.133.104.17]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) id 1XYiR5-00016Y-H4 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:24:49 +0000 Message-ID: <1412025877.9609.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> From: Thomas Meyer Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 23:24:37 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <1412012167.9609.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Remove default root? To: Richard Weinberger Cc: "user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" Am Montag, den 29.09.2014, 22:17 +0200 schrieb Richard Weinberger: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Thomas Meyer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I tried to install the latest Fedora 21 from the Network Install Image > > DVD ( > > https://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease#server > > http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/21-Alpha/Server/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-21_Alpha.iso ) > > > > I did these step to install the distribution: > > > > 1.) Extract the initrd and boot options from the DVD via a loop device > > mount > > 2.) Boot UML with: > > > > linux mem=800M umid=fedora21 eth0=tuntap,,,192.168.1.150 > > ubd0=images/Fedora21-Root.img > > ubd1=images/Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-21_Alpha.iso plymouth.enable=0 > > initrd=images/initrd.img inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=Fedora-S-21_A-x86_64 > > ip=192.168.1.151::192.168.1.150:255.255.255.0:servername:eth0:off > > nameserver=8.8.8.8 > > > > 3.) I only added the option "plymouth.enable=0" because the plymouth > > get's confused by the missing KMS(?!) > > > > The problem is, that this only works when I remove the default root > > option from UML, as the dracut, get's confused by the root= option. > > > > So as many modern distributions boot via an initramfs image and > > autodetect the root partition automatically, I want to know what do you > > think about the removal of the default root option from UML? > > This would break many existing setups. > Does your setup work if you just pass "root=" as command line? > In this case UML would not append the default root. I think I did run into the same timeout issue in systemd waiting forever to the device to appear. So, it's maybe better to fix the real underlying bug here. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel