= Features/DracutHostOnly = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DracutHostOnly
Feature owner(s): Harald Hoyer harald@redhat.com
Only create "host-only" initramfs images. A generic fallback image should be installed by anaconda on installation/update and never ever be removed.
== Detailed description == Current initramfs images contain most of the kernel drivers to boot from any hardware. This results in a very big initramfs, which takes a long time to load on system start and a long time to create on kernel updates. Switching to host-only will improve the situation. To cope with hardware change, a boot entry "Rescue System" should be installed with a full fledged initramfs also containing debug tools. This boot entry can then be used to recover from hardware changes and also from unforseen software failure after updates.
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