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|    Henrik Carlqvist to Marco Moock    |
|    Re: encrypted root and initrd/GRUB    |
|    21 Sep 25 12:54:24    |
      From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com              On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 09:44:11 +0200, Marco Moock wrote:       > This specifies a kernel version. What happens when the kernel is being       > updated and the old one removed?              Example from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog.txt:              -8<-----------------------------------------------       +--------------------------+       Fri Sep 12 22:15:36 UTC 2025       ...       patches/packages/linux-5.15.193/kernel-generic-5.15.193-x86_64-1.txz:       Upgraded.       ...        Be sure to upgrade your initrd after upgrading the kernel packages.        If you use lilo to boot your machine, be sure lilo.conf points to the        correct kernel and initrd and run lilo as root to update the bootloader.        If you use elilo to boot your machine, you should run eliloconfig to        copy the kernel and initrd to the EFI System Partition.       -8<-----------------------------------------------              So, if you are using an initrd you will need to update that one at each       kernel upgrade regardless of any root file system encryption.              I hope someone more familiar with grub will be able to answer your other       question.              regards Henrik              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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