On Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:04:47 -0400,
Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 7:46 AM John Covici <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> >
> > OK, so I successfully did build 0.8.1, but it does not like my root
> > file system parameter, dracut chokes and puts me in an emergency shell
> > and I have to mount it manually. I tried root=rpool and
> > root=rpool/root which dracut completely said unable to continue and if
> > I omit the root= altogether like I have done in previous versions, it
> > says it can't mount the root file system, and throws me into the
> > emergency shell where I can mount it manually. I do have rpool/root
> > designated as rootfs.
>
> I'm not sure if this is a dracut issue or a zfs issue, but on my zfs
> 0.7.13 system I have:
> root=ZFS=fast/root
>
> ...where fast/root is the pool/dataset I'm using.
>
> You might try adding the ZFS= to your root string. I wasn't aware it
> would even work otherwise.
>
> I have yet to try 0.8 - I'm not in a huge rush though I'm sure the
> TRIM support will help. I'm content to let everybody else run into
> issues like this for me... :)
On 0.7.13, I had to omit the root parameter altogether in order for
this to work. I think its a zfs issue because I use the same dracut
in both cases. I will also ask on the zfs list and see what they say.
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John Covici wb2una
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