| Message ID | 1412942554-752-8-git-send-email-ian.campbell@citrix.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
Ian Campbell writes ("[PATCH RFC OSSTEST 08/19] ts-host-install: Add option to boot debian-installer in rescue mode"):
> This is useful when trying to bootstrap onto a new platform, since
> you can log in to an otherwise unbootable rootfs to figure out what
> is going wrong.
>
> The procedure is the same as installing except "rescue/enabled=true" is added
> to the command line, hence part of ts-host-install rather than separate.
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
diff --git a/Osstest/Debian.pm b/Osstest/Debian.pm index 29dec3b..8f80eb4 100644 --- a/Osstest/Debian.pm +++ b/Osstest/Debian.pm @@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ sub di_installcmdline_core ($$;@) { my $debconf_priority= $xopts{DebconfPriority}; push @cl, "debconf/priority=$debconf_priority" if defined $debconf_priority; + push @cl, "rescue/enable=true" if $xopts{RescueMode}; return @cl; } diff --git a/ts-host-install b/ts-host-install index cdbd774..7c8d693 100755 --- a/ts-host-install +++ b/ts-host-install @@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ my $debconf_priority; our %xopts; -if (@ARGV && $ARGV[0] =~ m/^--priority(?:=(.*))?$/) { +while (@ARGV and $ARGV[0] =~ m/^-/) { + $_= shift @ARGV; + last if m/^--$/; + if (m/^--priority(?:=(.*))?$/) { $xopts{DebconfPriority}= defined($1) ? $1 : 'low'; - shift @ARGV; + } elsif (m/^--rescue$/) { + $xopts{RescueMode}= 1; + } } our ($whhost) = @ARGV;
This is useful when trying to bootstrap onto a new platform, since you can log in to an otherwise unbootable rootfs to figure out what is going wrong. The procedure is the same as installing except "rescue/enabled=true" is added to the command line, hence part of ts-host-install rather than separate. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> --- Osstest/Debian.pm | 1 + ts-host-install | 9 +++++++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)