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authormaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2008-04-08 17:17:59 +0200
committermaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2008-04-08 17:17:59 +0200
commitc404a3d7ebdd9df4ebaad0d9321cdf8f275ec356 (patch)
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parent5eb8ef34b87581964e35bed17877085a334a8f5b (diff)
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initramfs-tools.8: Small documentation fixes.
* document panic= 0 behaviour * simplify debug cmd
-rw-r--r--initramfs-tools.83
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/initramfs-tools.8 b/initramfs-tools.8
index 317fdc8..66565f5 100644
--- a/initramfs-tools.8
+++ b/initramfs-tools.8
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Use blacklist=module1,module2,module3 bootparameter.
.TP
\fB \fI panic
sets an timeout on panic.
+panic=0 is a documented security feature: it disables the debug shell.
.TP
\fB \fI debug
@@ -442,7 +443,7 @@ to double-check if it contains the relevant binaries, libs or modules:
.nf
mkdir tmp/initramfs
cd tmp/initramfs
-gunzip \-c \-9 /boot/initrd.img\-2.6.18\-1\-686 | \\
+gunzip \-c /boot/initrd.img\-2.6.18\-1\-686 | \\
cpio \-i \-d \-H newc \-\-no\-absolute\-filenames
.fi
.RE