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   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 19/12/2018 12.09, Anton Shepelev wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. to Anton Shepelev:   
   >   
   >>> What shall I specify for the resume device now that swap   
   >>> has been removed?  I don't think that hibernation will   
   >>> ever be required for a server hosted on a virtual machine.   
   >>   
   >> Nothing, or noresume, IMO.   
   >   
   > OK.   
   >   
   >> dracut, or in SUSE systems, "mkinitrd", creates an archive   
   >> that is loaded with the kernel during boot (as a ramdisk),   
   >> containing modules the kernel needs before it reads the   
   >> root filesystem and finds modules, but also a minimal tree   
   >> with configuration files, such as a copy of the needed   
   >> fstab.   
   >>   
   >> You system was booting with the old archive that had the   
   >> previous copy of those files.   
   >   
   > Understood.  I remember finding a reference to the removed   
   > swap device in that archive, but then I thought the archive   
   > was come kind of backup and decided to keep that entry.   
   >   
   > Now that one of the servers has stopped booting after   
   >   
   >               dracut --regenerate-all --force   
      
   After doing that? Oh. :-?  :-o   Strange.   
   I've never seen that.   
      
      
   > because it tries to access a floppy drive, can I try maybe   
   > to modify the archive manually in order to remove the   
   > reference to this non-existent or inacessible device?   
      
   I would not recommend modifying the file manually, because it is rebuild   
   with every kernel update, and some other updates.   
      
   Check first if my other post helps.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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