Binary package hint: casper
the use of nfsroot filesystem options when booting casper is not possibly. nfs filesystem options are usually needed as for example the choice of transport layer (UDP or TCP), transport unit size, etc. cannot be supplied by DHCP.
first of all it is very confusing that the regular ubuntu initrd nfsroot option works differently when using casper:
casper doesn't accept filesystem options to be appended like nfsroot=[server:]/path[,options] but rather seems to provide an aditional boot option nfsopts. unfortunately this option is not treated correctly in scripts/casper in do_nfsmount() as no additional "-o" is given in the nfsmount call an the use of quoting in kernel boot options is terribly ugly.
probably the same applies when using CIFS, but i didn't have the chance to verify that.
a patch against the current development tree to fix the problem is attached.
the patch simply prefixes the ${NFSROOT} variable, if set, with the string "-o ". in this way using the nfsopts boot option is possible.
in general it is probably better to harmonize the syntax of nfsroot such that the nfsroot string is parsed the same way the nfs script normal initramfs does...
This bug was fixed in the package casper - 1.326
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casper (1.326) quantal; urgency=low
* 22desktop_settings:
- Rename 22screensaver to 22desktop_settings
- Move 22gnome_
- Flush overrides in 22desktop_settings to avoid getting duplicate keys
when using persistence.
- Check for gsettings-
* 35fix_language_
- Use sed against the original file (from rofs) instead of the target file.
This avoids another case where the change is re-applied at every boot
when using persistence.
* 25adduser:
- Remove RUNNING_UNDER_GDM from /etc/environment which was a big hack
for back when we still used xscreensaver and was getting appended with
every single boot.
- Use /etc/sudoers.d instead of appending to /etc/sudoers, avoid getting
duplicate lines with every reboot.
* 23networking:
- Change default /etc/network/
easier to diff /etc when debugging casper.
* casper-init, casper, 19-keyboard, casper-functions:
- Remove any remaining reference to usplash as it's been deprecated for a
long long time and just makes things harder to read.
* casper-
- Exit when called from a non-writable media (cdrom) or when called from
ubiquity. This fixes a > 1 minute wait when clicking "Try Ubuntu".
* 19keyboard:
- Add code to detect that the keyboard layout changed from the previous
value and flush the gsettings key so that the indicator is properly
reset. (LP: #946406)
* 43disable_
- Don't try to chmod a dangling symlink.
- Only write /usr/sbin/
* postinst:
- Remove code generating symlink for /usr/sbin/
/
is done in the initramfs and that code was only useful when the shim was
first introduced. (LP: #984276)
* scripts/casper:
- Allow specifying live-media on the command line, helps when booting
computers that are unable to boot a CD/USB disk. (LP: #423616)
- Fix NFSOPTS handling by adding the needed comma and sticking it to the
existing "ro" option of nfsmount (LP: #476208)
* 22serialtty:
- Move 22serialtty to 26serialtty to avoid overriding the newly generated
upstart jobs. Note that this will spawn getty instead of login, but
it's probably for the best as we need a specific baudrate. (LP: #747888)
-- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:11:44 -0400