On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK, I was a little mystified about why dracut-036 worked on my system > and 037 didn't. Before I tried any workaround, I wanted to know what > changed from the previous version to the current one. > > So I generated an initramfs with dracut-036-r4 and another one with > dracut-037-r1, and I tried to see what changed from one to the other. > The answer is surprisingly easy: in /etc/cmdline.d/, the following > files where in the 036-r4 version, but not in the 037-r4: > > 90crypt.conf > 90lvm.conf > 90mdraid.conf > base.conf > > Te contents of those files are (90crypt.conf is empty): > > 90lvm.conf > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol1 > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol4 > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol3 > > 90mdraid.conf > rd.md.uuid=f4a59e68:fbe4039f:a39fc86d:e9e91e12 > > base.conf > ro > > So I just changed my /etc/default/grub file: > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd quiet nosplash > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol1 rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol4 rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol3 > rd.md.uuid=f4a59e68:fbe4039f:a39fc86d:e9e91e12" > > I regenerated my GRUB2 config, and now again my LVM test system works > perfectly with the latest dracut version. > > The thing is, I *ALWAYS* use the -H (host only) option, so it was my > understanding that the command line should be automatically generated, > and it was on 036, but now it doesn't in 037. I think that's a bug. > > John, with respect to your case: did you used "dracut --print-cmdline" > to get the command line? Also, have you tried to use -H to generate > your initramfs?
There are two new options, "--hostonly-cmdline" (store kernel command line arguments needed in the initramfs) and "--no-hostonly-cmdline" (Do not store kernel command line arguments needed in the initramfs).