[ANNOUNCEMENT] dracut-0.5

[Clyde E. Kunkel]

On 07/17/2009 10:36 AM, Harald Hoyer wrote:
> Information:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut
>
> Download:
> F-11: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=114853
> Rawhide: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=114854
>
> or if the mirrors have synced:
> # yum update dracut
>
> Bugs can be filed in bugzilla:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&component=dracut
>
> Debugging
> =========
>
> Create your image with the debug module:
>
> # dracut -a debug /boot/test-$(uname -r) $(uname -r)
>
> Add "rdshell" to the kernel command line, remove "rhgb" and "quiet" and
> boot the image.
>
> Once you are dropped to a shell do:
>
> # dmesg|grep dracut
>
> Add the output and your kernel command line to the bug report.
>
> see also: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracut/Debugging
>
> What's new in dracut-0.5:
> =========================
>
> - more generic (all plymouth modules, all keyboards, all console fonts)
> - more kernel command line parameters (see also man dracut(8))
> - a helper tool, which generates the kernel command line
> (dracut-gencmdline)
>
> for my machine this looks like this:
> # /sbin/dracut-gencmdline
> rd_DM_UUID=nvidia_dddhfead
> rd_LUKS_UUID=luks-227fe0ce-7e8c-453a-823f-d5bf34ca1da3
> rd_LVM_VG=VolGroup00 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=de-latin1
> SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>
> If you have encrypted partitions you should at least set "KEYTABLE" to
> have the correct keyboard setting.
>
> rd_DM_UUID, rd_LUKS_UUID, rd_MD_UUID help you, if dracut does more than
> you want in its automatic mode. So if you want to be more specific on
> what dracut is allowed to assemble, uncrypt etc. just specify the exact
> parameters.
>
> For those with an Intel fake software raid onboard (imsm/isw), you might
> not want MD handle those, but fallback to the old behaviour with DM. To
> do so add
> rd_NO_MDIMSM to the kernel command line.
>
> New kernel command line parameters:
>
> I18N
> e.g. LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16
> KEYTABLE=de-latin1-nodeadkeys
>
> KEYBOARDTYPE=sun|pc
> will be written to /etc/sysconfig/keyboard in the initramfs
>
> KEYTABLE=<keytable filename>
> will be written to /etc/sysconfig/keyboard in the initramfs
>
> SYSFONT= Console font
> will be written to /etc/sysconfig/i18n in the initramfs
>
> SYSFONTACM= Unicode font map
> will be written to /etc/sysconfig/i18n in the initramfs
>
> UNIMAP= Unicode font map
> will be written to /etc/sysconfig/i18n in the initramfs
>
> LANG=<locale>
> will be written to /etc/sysconfig/i18n in the initramfs
>
> Bootsplash - plymouth
> rd_plytheme=<theme name>
> specify the plymouth bootsplash theme (fallback is text)
>
> LVM
> rd_NO_LVM
> disable LVM detection
>
> rd_LVM_VG=<volume group name>
> only activate the volume groups with the given name
>
> crypto LUKS
> rd_NO_LUKS
> disable crypto LUKS detection
>
> rd_LUKS_UUID=<luks uuid>
> only activate the LUKS partitions with the given UUID
>
> MD
> rd_NO_MD
> disable MD RAID detection
>
> rd_NO_MDIMSM
> no MD RAID for imsm/isw raids, use dmraid instead
>
> rd_MD_UUID=<md uuid>
> only activate the raid sets with the given UUID
>
> DMRAID
> rd_NO_DM
> disable DM RAID detection
>
> rd_DM_UUID=<dmraid uuid>
> only activate the raid sets with the given UUID
>
# dracut -a debug /boot/debug-$(uname -r) $(uname -r)
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/ql8100_fw.bin for module 
qla2xxx.ko
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/ql2500_fw.bin for module 
qla2xxx.ko
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/aic94xx-seq.fw for module 
aic94xx.ko
E: Failed to install strace
[root at P5K-EWIFI ~]# ls /boot/debug*
ls: cannot access /boot/debug*: No such file or directory

bz updated:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509576