[Mageia-dev] [soft-commits] [4017] Include persistent-storage udev rules ( needed for UUID info on root disks during install)

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Thierry Vignaud at 18/04/12 21:43 did gyre and gimble:
> On 18 April 2012 21:51, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
>>>> So these rules ensured that the UUID of /dev/sd* partitions were
>>>> available in udev.
>>>
>>> Maybe should we include them into rescue too, shouldn't we?
>>
>> Yeah that makes sense IMO. Sorry I should have fixed it there too. We
>> may also want to investigate whether or not  we should "fake" a dracut
>> boot (i.e. mount /run and make sure the folder /run/initramfs exists).
>> The only real requirement is that all the necessary info is available in
>> udev to generate an initrd. I think with the rules and with udev
>> starting before any lvm/crypt commands then that should be fine.
> 
> I let you commit & release a new drakx-installer-rescue?

Do you think we should include the same set of rules as the installer in
the rescue?

This would also mean including these too:

  64-md-raid.rules
  <filter subst="s/bash/sh/">
    65-md-incremental.rules
  </filter>



Col

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