On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:07:35 +0000, David W Noon wrote:

> > Why do you need e2fsprogs on an initramfs?  
> 
> One needs e2fsck to do a "preen" prior to mounting the required
> volume(s).

Why not mount root read-only, just like in a non-initramfs system?

Any e2fsck commands will be run during the boot runlevel, before
remounting root rw.


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Neil Bothwick

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