Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.112 Severity: normal I'm opening this bug since there's a need to check the filesystems prior to mounting them when mounting /usr in the initramfs. Tools like e2fsck refuse to fsck a read-only mounted /usr (/ is special- cased) which means that doing this after we hand over to /sbin/init is very hard.
Running fsck in the initramfs has several advantages: - a reboot isn't necessary if any changes are made - if there are problems, the user can run fsck on the rootfs in the rescue shell if needed - any filesystem can be checked, including /usr I'm unsure how much work would be required to achieve this - can we enable the fsck wrapper in busybox and copy over any needed fs-specific fsck helpers? - would these need rebuilding to avoid an additional library dependencies? - do we copy all available helpers, or just those used by specific filesystems? Regards, Roger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
