I tested the initramfs-tools in xenial-proposed, bionic-proposed, and disco-proposed with all 3 testcases (panic=-1, panic=10, and no panic), everything worked as expected: - panic=-1 rebooted instantly after the root partition is not found - panic=10 rebooted after 10 seconds - no "panic" entry caused to drop into a basic shell
ii initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.16 all generic modular initramfs generator (automation) ii initramfs-tools 0.130ubuntu3.9 all generic modular initramfs generator (automation) ii initramfs-tools 0.131ubuntu19.2 all generic modular initramfs generator (automation) multipass@xenial:~$ apt-cache policy initramfs-tools initramfs-tools: Installed: 0.122ubuntu8.16 Candidate: 0.122ubuntu8.16 Version table: *** 0.122ubuntu8.16 400 400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.122ubuntu8.15 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 0.122ubuntu8.14 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 0.122ubuntu8 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages multipass@bionic:~$ apt-cache policy initramfs-tools initramfs-tools: Installed: 0.130ubuntu3.9 Candidate: 0.130ubuntu3.9 Version table: *** 0.130ubuntu3.9 400 400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.130ubuntu3.8 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 0.130ubuntu3.6 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 0.130ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages multipass@disco:~$ apt-cache policy initramfs-tools initramfs-tools: Installed: 0.131ubuntu19.2 Candidate: 0.131ubuntu19.2 Version table: *** 0.131ubuntu19.2 400 400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.131ubuntu19.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates/main amd64 Packages 0.131ubuntu19 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco/main amd64 Packages ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-disco verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done-bionic verification-done-disco verification-done-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1831252 Title: panic=-1 is completely ignored by the initrd causing unexpected behaviour To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1831252/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs