[Bug 1317437] Re: wubi kernel option "rw" required

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

The change, by itself, looks fine. However, I'd like to urge users to
migrate away from wubi, as it is no longer supported (and 14.04 is about
to be EOL too).

This doesn't mean we can't make the change, just that there should be
more testing done to see how it affects other boot methods, and exactly
in which cases it is useful (since it needs proper test cases anyway).

For this reason, please follow the steps at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure to make sure this
bug is all ready for the request to update stable releases. This mostly
means updating the description with proper test cases and justification
for the SRU.

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  wubi kernel option "rw" required

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  We have installed ubuntu beta-64amd.iso (trusty tahr) as wubi on a
  windows 8.1.

  Since upgrade
   * busybox-initramfs from "1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1" to "1.21.0-1ubuntu1"
   * busybox-static from "1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1" to "1.21.0-1ubuntu1"
  the wubi installation won't work / start and ends with the massage:
  "Bei der Ueberpruefung des Laufwerkes auf / wurden schwere Fehler gefunden"

  "key: »I« zum Ignorieren, »S« ueberspringt das Einhaengen, »M« fuer
  manuelle Wiederherstellung"

  Changing the sequence of "/boot/grub/grub.cfg" inside the line:
   * linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=B65449E05449A449 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro   quiet splash $vt_handoff
  into
   * linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=B65449E05449A449 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk rw  quiet splash $vt_handoff
  (kernel option »ro« into »rw«) lets start the wubi installation without any restrictions.

  For further system-information see -> annex

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: lupin-support 0.55
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu May  8 10:53:53 2014
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lupin
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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