the dmsquash module has not been documented at all

[ArsenShnurkov]

from #dracut @freenode
15:04 where is to read about kernel line parameters for initramfs from dracut?
15:24 i.e. where is "dracut.cmdline(5)" on the web ?
15:25 I don't see such file in source code - https://github.com/haraldh/dracut
15:26 but this page references it - https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut.html#_boot_parameters

15:29 there is dracut.cmdline(7), I think this is a typo and there is no dracut.cmdline(5) (as 5 is for config files)

[haraldh]

On 13.02.2015 13:42, ArsenShnurkov wrote:

from #dracut @freenode https://github.com/freenode
15:04 where is to read about kernel line parameters for initramfs from dracut?
15:24 i.e. where is "dracut.cmdline(5)" on the web ?
15:25 I don't see such file in source code - https://github.com/haraldh/dracut
15:26 but this page references it -
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut.html#_boot_parameters

15:29 there is dracut.cmdline(7), I think this is a typo and there is no
dracut.cmdline(5) (as 5 is for config files)

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thanks! :)

[ArsenShnurkov]

No, thanks are not enough! :)

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/184695/where-isoboot-boot-isolinux-iso-scan-filename-parameters-are-documented

please improve documentation, and remove RedHat specifics ("Using iso-scan/filename with a Fedora/Red Hat/CentOS Live iso" in dracut.cmdline(5)). I use Gentoo-based Calculate Linux and references to RedHat in docs misguide me!

[haraldh]

On 13.02.2015 15:08, ArsenShnurkov wrote:

No, thanks are not enough! :)

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/184695/where-isoboot-boot-isolinux-iso-scan-filename-parameters-are-documented

please improve documentation, and remove RedHat specifics. I use Gentoo-based
Calculate Linux and references to RedHat in docs misguide me!

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http://www.howtogeek.com/196933/how-to-boot-linux-iso-images-directly-from-your-hard-drive/

[ArsenShnurkov]

Oh, this article doesn't contain description of
rd.live.squashimg
rd.live.image
parameters, how they works (for example what is the difference between them)?
and other parameters also.

I don't want to act like monkey by repeating instructions. But I don't want perform full reverse engeneering also. That is what documentation for.

[haraldh]

On 13.02.2015 15:48, ArsenShnurkov wrote:

Oh, this article doesn't contain description of
rd.live.squashimg
rd.live.image
parameters, how they works (for example what is the difference between them)?
and other parameters also.

I don't want to act like monkey by repeating instructions. But I don't want
perform full reverse engeneering also. That is what documentation for.

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You are right, the dmsquash module has not been documented at all.
Mainly because the module was only for those who understand the process of
creating the images the dracut modules consumes there.
Those who can create these LiveCD dmsquash images, can easily read the scripts
and determine the kernel command line arguments needed.

[ArsenShnurkov]

Those who can create these LiveCD dmsquash images

I don't want create one. I want to have one more menu entry on my desktop system, which will boot emergency LiveCD. I have a readymade .iso, and no documentation to write grub.cfg entry. Distribution maintainers send me to upstream.

[johannbg]

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