Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.97.2 The BOOT switch should not be set in the initramfs.conf. It should be determined in boot time by the boot commandline, by either explicitly a "boot=foo" or implicitly such as "root=/root/nfs".
I suggest that the BOOT directive in initramfs.conf be deprecated. The attachment is a simple patch to achieve this.
initramfs-tools-0.92.2.patch
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