F10 Live CD possible bug

[Chris Snook]

Nathanael Noblet wrote:
> 
> On Oct 2, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Chris Snook wrote:
> 
>> Nathanael Noblet wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> If it had been removed, it wouldn't do anything.  The fact that it's 
>> doing something indicates that it's expected to still work, but 
>> broken.  Please file a BZ.
> 
> Against? mkinitrd? this is in the init in the initrd but I'm not sure if 
> it is for installed systems or not...

Since it's livecd-specific, I would blame livecd-tools for setting it up 
incorrectly.  When in doubt, file the bug and let the developers pass the blame 
if needed.

-- Chris