** Also affects: grub2 (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Focal)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-20.04.3
** Description changed:
[Impact]
+ (sort of prerequisite of bug 1929860 to avoid having to edit the patches and
possibly introduce bugs that way)
* Sometimes it is not obvious why initrdless boot is generated; when is
it attempted; and when it fails and boots with initrd.
* Improve UX by leaving breadcrumbs and emit messages about initrdless
boot, in more places
[Test Case]
* Boot system with initrdless boot
- - for example minimal cloud image from
https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/
- - boot without graphical terminal, i.e. -nographics qemu option
+ - for example minimal cloud image from
https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/
+ - boot without graphical terminal, i.e. -nographics qemu option
* Upgrade to new grub package
- * Uncomment GRUB_TERMINAL=console in /etc/default/grub
+ * Uncomment GRUB_TERMINAL=console in /etc/default/grub
-
- 1. Call `sudo update-grub`, a message should be emitted that initrdless boot
will be attempted.
+ 1. Call `sudo update-grub`, a message should be emitted that initrdless
+ boot will be attempted.
2. Inspecting /boot/grub/grub.cfg, there are comments that initrdless
boot will be attempted
* Reboot
* Observe the following:
3. Inspecting console log, there are echo message from grub about
attempting initrdless boot.
* Install linux-generic kernel flavour; and remove kvm kernel flavour,
reboot.
* Observe in the console log
1. There should be message about attempting initrdless boot
2. kernel panic
3. message about initrdless boot failing and attempting to boot with initrd
[Regression Potential]
* This change adds a few more user visible message, without
translations. The actual behaviour that is happening is unchanged. This
simply better notifies users about what is happening, and can be
inspected interactively, statically, and from boot logs.
[Other Info]
* CPC requested these UX improvements, as there have been concerns that
users are failing to discover why initrdless boot is happening; or
failing; and how to effect it.
** Description changed:
[Impact]
- (sort of prerequisite of bug 1929860 to avoid having to edit the patches and
possibly introduce bugs that way)
+ (sort of prerequisite of bug 1929860 to avoid having to edit the patches and
possibly introduce bugs that way, because these changes port the service to
systemd unit)
* Sometimes it is not obvious why initrdless boot is generated; when is
it attempted; and when it fails and boots with initrd.
* Improve UX by leaving breadcrumbs and emit messages about initrdless
boot, in more places
[Test Case]
* Boot system with initrdless boot
- for example minimal cloud image from
https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/
- boot without graphical terminal, i.e. -nographics qemu option
* Upgrade to new grub package
* Uncomment GRUB_TERMINAL=console in /etc/default/grub
1. Call `sudo update-grub`, a message should be emitted that initrdless
boot will be attempted.
2. Inspecting /boot/grub/grub.cfg, there are comments that initrdless
boot will be attempted
* Reboot
* Observe the following:
3. Inspecting console log, there are echo message from grub about
attempting initrdless boot.
* Install linux-generic kernel flavour; and remove kvm kernel flavour,
reboot.
* Observe in the console log
1. There should be message about attempting initrdless boot
2. kernel panic
3. message about initrdless boot failing and attempting to boot with initrd
[Regression Potential]
* This change adds a few more user visible message, without
translations. The actual behaviour that is happening is unchanged. This
simply better notifies users about what is happening, and can be
inspected interactively, statically, and from boot logs.
[Other Info]
* CPC requested these UX improvements, as there have been concerns that
users are failing to discover why initrdless boot is happening; or
failing; and how to effect it.
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901553
Title:
Improve documentation around initrdless boot
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1901553/+subscriptions
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
