Bug#1142257: Please stop writing do_initrd into kernel-img.conf

Chris Hofstädtler <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:16:29 +0200

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Source: base-installer
Version: 1.229
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected]

Hi,

base-installer sets do_initrd in /etc/kernel-img.conf. Since at 
least 10 years, do_initrd is ignored by the kernel packages, see 
this commit:
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux-base/-/commit/9977e3b63ba7d7f5bfcd2371505de245cf3e4000

Please remove the code for writing do_initrd into 
/etc/kernel-img.conf.

Thanks,
Chris