Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot bug on latest 1.1.

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:

>>>>We could store the config location somewhere in the system and re-use 
>>>>it for save-config, but we would loose the flexibility of switching 
>>>>config devices while the system is up.
>>>>Any more thoughts/opinions about this ?
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Yes, add a parameter in /etc/sysconfig/config for the save-config 
>>>device to use ... 
>>>      
>>>
>>I was more thinking about saving which devices we found in the initrd 
>>and re-using this.
>>
>>But I like you idea almost better.
>>We could make the parameter in /etc/sysconfig/config optional:
>>  not defined: our script searches for the device
>>  defined: our script uses this device and fails if not present
>>    
>>
>
>Is it possible for the bootup to use the same parameter?
>I'm thinking it's NOT possible, and if not, what's the point?
>
No it is not possible, because we need to load the config first, before 
we now the value of this parameter.

>The boot should use the same location that save-config uses.
>As long as they both have the same code, I'd think that would be 
>the most consistent way to do things.
>
>  
>
Good point.

Heiko