Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.59b Severity: wishlist Hello,
I am working on updating my DFS bootable Debian CDs to work with kernel initrds in Debian. There are a few things I would find helpful: 1) If scripts in local_top could change the notion of ROOT. I have a script that probes the system to find where the DFS CD is, and then mounts it, since there is no ability to specify a custom ROOT. Fortunately this works since the local script doesn't do error-checking. 2) If scripts in local_top could override the fstype guess. The fstype reports unknown for ISO9660 filesystems. Ideally it would suport them, but even though it doesn't, it would be fine with me if I could override the detected value. 3) It should be documented that hooks and scripts may not contain hyphens in their names. #1 and #2 could be accomplished by sourcing instead of executing scripts, or perhaps by having a well-defined filename that the scripts could create that would then be sourced. Or even by creating a system similar to the dependency one that's there already. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.13.3 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on: ii busybox 1:1.01-4 Tiny utilities for small and embed ii cpio 2.6-11 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii klibc-utils 1.2.6-1 small statically-linked utilities ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii udev 0.088-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo initramfs-tools recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
