On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 11:01:38PM +0100, Hendrik Friedel wrote: > Hello Hugo, > > >> Here I am stuck in a recovery prompt. > > By far the simplest and most reliable method of doing this is to > >use an initramfs with the command "btrfs dev scan" in it somewhere > >before mounting. Most of the major distributions already have an > >initramfs set up (as does yours, I see), and will install the correct > >commands in the initramfs if you install the btrfs-progs package > >(btrfs-tools in Debian derivatives). > > > I would like to go the sensible way :-) > But can you hint me how and where to add the btrfs device scan option to > the initramfs?
Like I said above, just install the distribution's own btrfs-progs/btrfs-tools package, and it should do the right thing. You may have to tell the distribution to rebuild the initramfs -- I find I don't have to on Debian, and Chris just gave the recipe for distributions using dracut. Hugo. > Regards, > Hendrik > > --- > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > -- Hugo Mills | I believe that it's closely correlated with the hugo@... carfax.org.uk | aeroswine coefficient http://carfax.org.uk/ | PGP: E2AB1DE4 | Adrian Bridgett
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