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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2022-02-18 00:09:05 -0500
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2022-03-01 10:30:18 -0500
commit6d9d616113cf051d80567b584a5b0a6489ddc065 (patch)
treef05b0368e5e8ba7b565423e5f8c0680df3361b51 /doc
parent0dc019e19a23fea614be5623360849ab9bc35e74 (diff)
initrd: Honor rootfstype and rootflags command-line parameters.
* gnu/build/linux-boot.scm (boot-system): Honor rootfstype and rootflags arguments. Update doc. Error out in case there is insufficient information with regard to the root file system. Restore the behavior of inferring the root device from the root file system from the operating system in case the root argument is not provided. * doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Document the new command-line parameters.
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@@ -34973,6 +34973,16 @@ name like @code{/dev/sda1}, a file system label, or a file system UUID.
When unspecified, the device name from the root file system of the
operating system declaration is used.
+@item rootfstype=@var{type}
+Set the type of the root file system. It overrides the @code{type}
+field of the root file system specified via the @code{operating-system}
+declaration, if any.
+
+@item rootflags=@var{options}
+Set the mount @emph{options} of the root file system. It overrides the
+@code{options} field of the root file system specified via the
+@code{operating-system} declaration, if any.
+
@item fsck.mode=@var{mode}
Whether to check the @var{root} file system for errors before mounting
it. @var{mode} is one of @code{skip} (never check), @code{force} (always