F10 Live CD possible bug

[Nathanael Noblet]

On Oct 1, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Chris Snook wrote:

> Nathanael Noblet wrote:
>> Hello,
>>  I downloaded the live cd of F10 beta. Booted and added the  
>> live_ram option to the boot params. After copying the image to RAM  
>> I get the following error on two machines, (Apple Mac Book, and  
>> Acer 3680).
>> Done copying live image to RAM.
>> eject: did not find a device /dev/root in /sys/block
>> Bug in initramfs /init detected. Dropping to a shell. Good luck!
>> sbin/real-init: line 7: plymouth: command not found
>> I know I used that param for F9. Is it depreciated or is this a bug  
>> needing filling?
>
> Assuming it does something different when you omit the option,  
> that's a bug.  If we don't intend for it to work in F10, the option  
> should be removed entirely, and ignored if passed by the user.
>

Yeah if you remove the live_ram from the boot options. It boots...


Is there a rationale for removing the option? It came in super useful  
for me a month or so back. I can't remember the exact issue but saved  
the day for me when I finally found it.