>> >> All, >> >> >> >> The (admittedly hacky) dracut-modules-growroot package installs a >> >> dracut script that runs in the pre-pivot stage. It unmounts the root >> >> partition, extends it to the maximum possible size and then tries to >> >> remount it. What I noticed in F20 is that as soon as the >> >> repartitioning finishes (its an sfdisk command), something >> >> automatically remounts the root partition and the growroot script >> >> fails when it tries to mount the already mounted partition. >> >> >> >> Can somebody shed some light on what is happening and why the root >> >> partition is automatically remounted and if I can rely on that and not >> >> have the growroot script try to remount it? >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> ...Juerg >> >> >> > >> > Oh, that is systemd, because it generates a unit file from the kernel command >> > line called sysroot.mount, which is required by the following systemd targets. >> >> Is there an easy way to wait until this (remounting of root) has >> happened or do I need to poll and time out? > > Yes. A unit with Requires=sysroot.mount, After=sysroot.mount will be started > only after /sysroot has been mounted. > > But it looks like the resize script should run *before* the automatic > mounting. If the script is made into a Type=oneshot unit, adding > Before=sysroot.mount will delay mounting until the unit has finished. > > I'm not sure though, what's the best way to make sure that it is run > after the root device has been detected, unless the root device name > is known in advance. If it is, Requires=<device>.device, After=<device>.device > should be added. Agreed, the script should probably run prior to root being mounted. I'm not familiar with systemd and this is too drastic of a change I want to make at this point. So is it possible for a script to wait until a systemd event has happened? ...Juerg > Zbyszek > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
