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-rw-r--r--guix/build/linux-initrd.scm8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm b/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
index 039a60acf3..69cb58763f 100644
--- a/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -217,7 +217,13 @@ the new root."
(unless (file-exists? "/root")
(mkdir "/root"))
(if root
- (mount root "/root" "ext3")
+ (catch #t
+ (lambda ()
+ (mount root "/root" "ext3"))
+ (lambda args
+ (format (current-error-port) "exception while mounting '~a': ~s~%"
+ root args)
+ (start-repl)))
(mount "none" "/root" "tmpfs"))
(mount-essential-file-systems #:root "/root")