Bug#962509: Not always boot arguments must include a root= parameter

From	kvaps <kvapss@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#962509: Not always boot arguments must include a root= parameter
Date	2020-06-09 01:30 +0200
Message-ID	<Afznj-2jF-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.133+deb10u1

Hi, after the change introduced in f8ceeb90 both zfs and http booting
methods are not working anymore, it stops on the message:

No root device specified. Boot arguments must include a root= parameter.

See the related issues:
- https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/zfs-boot-stuck-at-initramfs-no-root-device-specified.64147/
- https://askubuntu.com/questions/1211769/how-do-i-fix-initramfs-not-finding-root
- https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-will-not-boot-from-zfs-uefi-mode-no-root-device-specified.63752/

The mentioned commit:
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/initramfs-tools/-/commit/f8ceeb90abeeb5e84eff950b39d397b4570be2db

- kvaps

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Bug#962509: Not always boot arguments must include a root= parameter kvaps <kvapss@gmail.com> - 2020-06-09 01:30 +0200
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