dracut, or should booting a LiveCD touch the hard disk?

[Ray Strode]

Hi,

>> Right, showing an unexpected password dialog at boot with no prompt is
>> a serious bug.  It's the bug in dracut I think we need to fix.
>
> Just for my information, do I read this correctly that dracut/plymouth
> is supposed to show a graphical password prompt to unlock encrypted
> partitions at boot time?
Yes, if you have modesetting enabled and get a graphical splash otherwise.

--Ray