Bug#945596: systemd module does not include the new systemd-volatile-root of systemd 242+

2019-11-29 Thread Enrico Zini
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 05:43:25PM +0100, Thomas Lange wrote: > If you add the parameter rootovl to the kernel cmdline, the initrd > created by dracut will make a read only rootfs writable by putting a > tmpfs on top. This also works when using an nfsroot. I tried it and it works, although on

Bug#945596: systemd module does not include the new systemd-volatile-root of systemd 242+

2019-11-27 Thread Enrico Zini
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 05:43:25PM +0100, Thomas Lange wrote: > > I'm trying to setup a system booting on a readonly root with a tmpfs > > overlay on top. > > Could we have this in Debian? > The current dracut version in Debian already has such a feature > without using systemd. > >

Bug#945596: systemd module does not include the new systemd-volatile-root of systemd 242+

2019-11-27 Thread Thomas Lange
> On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:27:28 +0100, Enrico Zini said: > I'm trying to setup a system booting on a readonly root with a tmpfs > overlay on top. > Could we have this in Debian? The current dracut version in Debian already has such a feature without using systemd. If you add the

Bug#945596: systemd module does not include the new systemd-volatile-root of systemd 242+

2019-11-27 Thread Enrico Zini
Package: dracut-core Version: 048+80-2 Severity: normal Hello, I'm trying to setup a system booting on a readonly root with a tmpfs overlay on top. Systemd 242+ does it by default with systemd.volatile=overlay https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-volatile-root.service.html