[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Mkinitcpio replacement with Dracut

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Tue May 21 19:11:13 UTC 2019


On 5/21/19 1:21 PM, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote:

>> Got text prompt for passphrase not graphical - think there is a way to
>> get graphical as well but need to read further how to do that. I prefer
>> text as I also can see the boot progress details which is helpful.
>> Still, be good to know how to get the graphical prompt anyway.
>>
> 
> I suppose as more and more people start using it, we'll eventually have
> instructions on how to do these more custom environments.
> 

Definitely - getting dracut in first then later on it should not be too
hard to add a plymouth[1] package if there's interest in a more
graphical boot.

thanks again for doing this.

gene

[1] https://github.com/freedesktop/plymouth/tree/master/src


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