Proposed F19 Feature: Dracut HostOnly

Tue Jan 29 15:00:37 UTC 2013

On 01/29/2013 02:45 PM, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
> = Features/DracutHostOnly =
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DracutHostOnly
>
> Feature owner(s): Harald Hoyer <harald at 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.

About time ;)

JBG