On Sun, 2014-08-31 at 22:16 +0100, Tim Fletcher wrote: > > > > > I think the root= here will be overridden by the flash-kernel hook > in > > the initrd (the script I pointed to earlier). A better bet might be > to > > hack that to override the root to /dev/VG01/root or to fiddle the > > flash-kernel option which makes it do that > > (Bootloader-sets-Incorrect-Root on Jessie, something else on Wheezy > > which I can't remember) > > Possibly, my thinking was that it wasn't been over written hence the > boot failure.
That's possible. I think it is more likely that the hook script isn't able to figure out what to override it with for this case and so does nothing. Similar to #5910156. > I'm pretty sure that even without the added complication > of LUKS / RAID / LVM a normal debian install would fail with > root=/dev/ram It should work due to the initrd override, that override exists exactly because root=/dev/ram is the default on qnap (and other) devices, and most people don't have a console cable to mess with it. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
