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| -rw-r--r-- | initramfs-tools.8 | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/functions | 2 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/initramfs-tools.8 b/initramfs-tools.8 index 2ba022a..55d413a 100644 --- a/initramfs-tools.8 +++ b/initramfs-tools.8 @@ -504,6 +504,10 @@ set according relevant boot option. \fB\fI break Useful for manual intervention during setup and coding an boot script. .TP +\fB\fI REASON +Argument passed to the \fIpanic\fP helper function. Use to find out why +you landed in the initramfs shell. +.TP \fB\fI init passes the path to init(8) usually /sbin/init. .TP diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions index 77de8f3..c34dd4a 100644 --- a/scripts/functions +++ b/scripts/functions @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ panic() modprobe i8042 modprobe atkbd echo $@ - PS1='(initramfs) ' /bin/sh -i </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1 + REASON="$@" PS1='(initramfs) ' /bin/sh -i </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1 } maybe_break() |