F10 Live CD possible bug

[Chris Snook]

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.

-- Chris