[systemd-devel] [PATCH] Generate a fake systemd-fsck-root.service in the initramfs

[Lennart Poettering]

On Wed, 06.05.15 15:50, Harald Hoyer (harald.hoyer at gmail.com) wrote:

> Works for me... booted with "ro" on the kernel cmdline:
> 
> $ systemctl status systemd-fsck-root.service
> ● systemd-fsck-root.service - File System Check on Root Device
>    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-fsck-root.service; static;
> vendor preset: disabled)
>    Active: inactive (dead) since Mi 2015-05-06 15:37:58 CEST; 1min 44s ago
>      Docs: man:systemd-fsck-root.service(8)
>  Main PID: 144 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>    CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-fsck-root.service

I think tis is really confusing for the admin. he now thinks that this
is actually the exit status of the root fsck, but it's atcually just
/bin/true.

I am pretty sure it's best if we say that systemd-fsck-root.service
really always is the fsck of the root fs, regardless if booted with an
initrd or not, even if this might mean slightly suboptimal deps within
the initrd if you have multiple file systems to mount that early.

This would certainly be the friendliest, most discoverable option for
admins.

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat