Thanks for the info, I was booting from USB and installing new versions of initramfs-tools packages from bullseye testing repo resolved the issue. Maybe initramfs-tools should be in the buster-backports.
On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:40:22 +0900 (JST) Ryutaroh Matsumoto <ryuta...@ict.e.titech.ac.jp> wrote: > Hi Sad, > > If you are booting RPi from USB, the reason of failure is probably > https://salsa.debian.org/raspi-team/image-specs/-/issues/41 > > In such a case, upgrading initramfs-tools to 0.140 should fix the > symptom. > > Best regards, Ryutaroh > > From: Sad Clouds <cryintotheblue...@gmail.com> > Subject: Stability of kernel updates on Debian 10 > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:53:37 +0100 > > > Hi, this is the first time I'm trying Debian on ARM and got an issue > > after installing updates. > > > > I installed Debian 10 on RPi 4 (4GB), hoping updates would be stable > > enough - > > https://raspi.debian.net/verified/20210210_raspi_4_buster.img.xz > > > > Ran "apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade" and now the kernel hangs > > half-way through booting. Is this a known issue and also, do updates > > get tested at all for RPi before they are released? > > > > The following packages got updated: > > > > root@rpi4-20210210:/etc/apt# apt-get dist-upgrade > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > Calculating upgrade... Done > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > linux-image-5.10.0-0.bpo.5-arm64 > > The following packages will be upgraded: > > base-files debian-archive-keyring firmware-brcm80211 iputils-ping > > libbsd0 libdns-export1104 libisc-export1100 libpam-systemd > > libpython3.7-minimal libpython3.7-stdlib libssl1.1 libsystemd0 > > libudev1 libzstd1 linux-image-arm64 python3.7 python3.7-minimal > > raspi-firmware systemd systemd-sysv udev wpasupplicant 22 upgraded, > > 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 68.5 > > MB of archives. After this operation, 259 MB of additional disk > > space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > >
