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Provisioning tool for systemd in initramfs (systemd-tool)
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Raspberry Pi is missing /etc/initrd-release #13

Closed ShapeShifter499 closed 6 years ago

ShapeShifter499 commented 6 years ago

It's not clear what to do if '/etc/initrd-release' is non-existent

Is '/etc/initrd-release' required? I'm trying to set this up on a Raspberry Pi so I can remotely decrypt my file systems. It seems like it's not really required but I just made a blank file anyways to satisfy the requirement. Is this correct? What should I be doing if '/etc/initrd-release' doesn't exist?

Can someone please update the README explaining the proper way to fix a missing '/etc/initrd-release' file and whether or not it's actually required.

Andrei-Pozolotin commented 6 years ago

  1. /etc/initrd-release is a marker file required by systemd inside ramfs https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/InitrdInterface/

  2. yes, providing empty /etc/initrd-release inside the ramfs is a valid workaround

  3. one way to provide /etc/initrd-release is via https://github.com/random-archer/mkinitcpio-systemd-tool#provisioning-questions-and-answers

    
is there a way to create empty folder or file?

for empty dir, use InitrdPath=/path/target-dir/ create=yes note trailing SLASH for empty file, use InitrdPath=/path/target-file create=yes note NO trailing slash