Questions tagged [initramfs]
The "initial RAM file system" is the successor of initrd. It is a root filesystem that is embedded into the kernel and loaded early in the boot process.
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How do I add a text editor to my (debian-based) initramfs?
For debugging purposes, I want to add a text editor to my initramfs. How do I do that?
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Can't complete upgrade to Debian13 for plymouth & initramfs-tools due to no disk space left (on /boot?)
The upgrade from Debian 12 with KDE to Debian 13 didn't complete successfully. It seems to be due to disk space problems that the upgrade process still doesn't make sure to avoid or manage. However, ...
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initramfs images gzip compressed on Oracle Linux 8 UEK6 systems but not UEK7
I'm troubleshooting /boot usage differences between Oracle Linux 8 systems that use different UEK kernel streams. On some hosts, the initramfs images are gzip-compressed, while others produce ...
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LUKS keyslot damaged?
I have two LUKS-encrypted SSDs in my laptop: one is the system SSD (nvme0n1), which contains my Home folder encrypted with eCryptfs, and the other is a Data SSD (nvme1n1), which is fully LUKS-...
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Can a LUKS volume on a USB drive be opened at boot?
I have a new install of Debian 13 with a LUKS-encrypted hard drive (/dev/sda) with LVM. I am trying to add another encrypted drive to the LVM volume group as a new physical drive. For this, I am ...
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How to add init script with decrpt LUKS Logic in Initramfs without disturbing poky source?
Here is quick description what im trying to achieve, building this mender yocto image for raspberry pi want to encrypt the root partition, while secure boot, need to add the init script which can ...
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Zerotier in initramfs
Currently, I use Zerotier to combine SSH on Debian 12 successfully and reliability. The server is encrypted FDE cryptsetup/LUKS2 and requires a password after each restart. I would like to use ...
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RHEL8 dracut initramfs switch-root hanging on one machine and not others
I have a 2TB external SSD connected to a server. Using the server, I booted into the RHEL8 installer and successfully installed onto the external drive, however during the post-install reboot (and all ...
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Updated kernel and initramfs not taking any inputs afterwards
I was an idiot and updated the server kernel and rebooted which seemed to have crashed the custom ubuntu OS. I get this screen when I access it through the IPMI Keyboard inputs don't seem to be ...
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Why does do-release-upgrade complain about /boot/efi?
I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu server, that has an encrypted root partition (in raid1) that can automatically unlock itself via mandos on a reboot. I have two identically sized drives, both of which ...
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mdadm.conf multiple duplicate UUID Ubuntu 24.04
This is more informational than a question though someone may have a better answer than the solution I came up with. This was a fresh install of Ubuntu server, literally nothing done other than ...
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Unable to unlock multiple LUKS partitions with one passphrase
I'm using Ubuntu with a LVM over LUKS disk scheme. I have two SSDs, hence two LVM PVs are needed. They are both encrypted with LUKS, and have the same passphrase. Now on boot-up, I need to type the ...
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Run small Linux in RAM to provision a custom node image
We need to provision bare metal machines with custom node images. The bare metal machine provider has an API for booting the machine via iPXE. But no other APIs exist to provision a custom image. ...
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Kernel panic not syncing: No working init found. (Debian sid)
On a dual-boot system: Fedora rawhide with Debian sid, the system will not boot. Fedora is operational, Debian is unable to boot. grub is being updated from within Fedora (entries refreshed properly). ...
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Initramfs can't find root partition UUID after update
I am running Parabola Linux (libre fork of Arch) on a laptop with an nvme SSD. I ran a full system update yesterday and since then I have been getting the following error on boot: It appears to be an ...
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