This is a hook for mkinitcpio in ArchLinux when using Plymouth and ZFS with native encryption.

Usage

!!! Make sure plymouth-zfs is NOT installed !!!

1. Download plymouth-zfs.install and plymouth-zfs.hook.
2. Place plymouth-zfs.install at /etc/initcpio/install/plymouth-zfs.
3. Place plymouth-zfs.hook at /etc/initcpio/hooks/plymouth-zfs.
4. Update the HOOKS array in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf as per the docs.
5. Rebuid the initrams (mkinitcpio -P) and sign it if needed.

Example HOOKS array:

HOOKS=(base udev plymouth autodetect modconf block keyboard plymouth-zfs filesystems)

Status

The hook works for me but YMMV. My goal is to setup an AUR package that automatically patches the hook from the ArchZFS repository.

Motivation

This is a replacement for plymouth-zfs.

That package seems unmaintained and there's a bug in the handling of the file systems: it ignores filesystems with canmount=off.

The scripts here are based on up-to-date ones from ArchZFS with minimal changes inspired by plymouth-zfs.

Contributing

Feel free to open an issue or send a pull request. Note that as this is a tiny modification over the upstream, the issue is likely to come from there.

License

This code is distributed under the terms of the MIT License, like the upstream project ArchZFS.

See also

• ArchZFS
• Install ArchLinux on ZFS
• ArchLinux mkinitcpio
• Plymouth on ArchLinux