On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Jason White wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.93.4 > Severity: wishlist > > > To experiment with BTRFS as the root file system under KVM, I added btrfs and > associated modules to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and built an initrd image, > which I then installed to an EXT3 partition in the QCOW2 image to be loaded by > KVM. Grub 2 is used as the boot loader, Debian kernel 2.6.32-trunk-amd64. > Btrfs is the root file system. (/boot on /dev/hda1, / on /dev/hda2). > > The initrd fails with a "no such device" error mounting the root file system > and exits to the initrd shell environment. If I then mount the root file > system manually: > mount /dev/hda2 /root > it succeeds, which shows that the btrfs modules are working. > > Since Btrfs remains experimental, this is probably a low-priority issue, so > I've set it to wishlist for now (you're welcome to change this if appropriate, > of course.)
you could simply use rootfstype bootarg, as described in man initramfs-tools. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
