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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.77b
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
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I use Debian testing.
The latest "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" installed version 0.77b.
After that, the system would not boot again:
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[...]
ACPI wakeup devices
PCI0 UAR1 USB1 USB2 USB3 [...]
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
invalid compressed format (err=1)
VFS: cannot open root device "305" or unknown-block(3,5)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,5)
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A web search ran from a live CD led me think this was because "lilo" had failed
to
be run after the update. The following sequence, inspired from this URL:
http://www.developpez.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-40078.html
fixed it for me (commands run as root in a terminal on the live CD ---
YMMV as hda/hda5 depend on every system):
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mkdir -p /mnt/hda/proc /mnt/hda/dev/shm /mnt/hda/sys
mount -t proc proc /mnt/hda/proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs /mnt/hda/sys #si c'est un kernel 2.6.x
mount -f -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt/hda/dev
mount -f -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt/hda/dev/shm
mount -f -t devpts -o gid=4,mode=620 devpts /mnt/hda/dev/pts
mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda
chroot /mnt/hda
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Then I could run:
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Knoppix:/# lilo
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(Actually I had to run "lilo -P ignore", as suggested by lilo, because
of a problem, but I think this is unrelated. I reran "lilo" without
problems or warnings once I had correctly booted up the usual system).
Suggestion: (I will now try to switch to GRUB but) DO include this lilo
check in your non-regression tests!
lilo is normally installed on my system:
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# dpkg -l lilo
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===========================-===========================-======================================================================
ii lilo 22.6.1-7.1 LInux LOader - The
Classic OS loader can load Linux and others
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-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux-2.6.16 ro root=305
-- /proc/filesystems
13: cramfs
17: ext3
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipt_MASQUERADE 3200 1
xt_tcpudp 3072 1
iptable_filter 2816 0
ip_nat_ftp 3072 0
ip_conntrack_ftp 7324 1 ip_nat_ftp
iptable_nat 7684 1
ip_nat 16116 3 ipt_MASQUERADE,ip_nat_ftp,iptable_nat
ip_tables 11352 2 iptable_filter,iptable_nat
ip_conntrack 48952 5
ipt_MASQUERADE,ip_nat_ftp,ip_conntrack_ftp,iptable_nat,ip_nat
nfnetlink 6168 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
x_tables 11396 4 ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_tcpudp,iptable_nat,ip_tables
radeon 96032 1
drm 62228 2 radeon
ipv6 218912 8
ppdev 8324 0
lp 10496 0
dm_mod 48180 0
snd_emu10k1_synth 6400 0
snd_emux_synth 30528 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 6272 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 5760 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_dummy 3588 0
snd_seq_oss 27812 0
snd_seq_midi 8096 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6592 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 43852 9
snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_emu10k1 99940 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 22496 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 82848 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_bus 2112 1 snd_ac97_codec
i2c_viapro 7956 0
snd_pcm_oss 44128 0
snd_mixer_oss 15744 1 snd_pcm_oss
i2c_core 19536 1 i2c_viapro
mousedev 10496 1
tsdev 7296 0
snd_pcm 74504 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_device 8332 8
snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
via_ircc 23252 0
snd_timer 20420 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9864 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4352 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
irda 161596 1 via_ircc
snd_hwdep 8580 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd 46400 13
snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
crc_ccitt 2048 1 irda
shpchp 39424 0
pci_hotplug 24308 1 shpchp
emu10k1_gp 3520 0
evdev 8832 0
psmouse 34504 0
analog 9888 0
serio_raw 6532 0
gameport 13576 3 emu10k1_gp,analog
parport_pc 31728 1
parport 32008 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
rtc 11444 0
pcspkr 3012 0
via_agp 9408 1
agpgart 29296 2 drm,via_agp
floppy 55916 0
soundcore 8736 1 snd
ext3 117064 8
jbd 47316 1 ext3
mbcache 7684 1 ext3
ide_generic 1216 0 [permanent]
ide_cd 35680 0
cdrom 32240 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 14720 10
uhci_hcd 26896 0
tulip 46048 0
ehci_hcd 26952 0
usbcore 111136 3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
via82cxxx 8068 0 [permanent]
generic 4228 0 [permanent]
ide_core 111536 5 ide_generic,ide_cd,ide_disk,via82cxxx,generic
thermal 13064 0
processor 21760 1 thermal
fan 4548 0
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox 1:1.1.3-2 Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii cpio 2.6-17 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.4.19-2 small statically-linked utilities
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.093-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Source: initramfs-tools
Source-Version: 0.83
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
initramfs-tools, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
initramfs-tools_0.83.dsc
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.83.dsc
initramfs-tools_0.83.tar.gz
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.83.tar.gz
initramfs-tools_0.83_all.deb
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.83_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:38:27 +0200
Source: initramfs-tools
Binary: initramfs-tools
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.83
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
initramfs-tools - tools for generating an initramfs
Closes: 362064 382472 385949 386441 387780 391619
Changes:
initramfs-tools (0.83) unstable; urgency=high
.
Release "Ois was du verzapfst is a koida Kaffee"
.
* update-initramfs: Keep an initramfs backup while we are running. Do also
keep the booted initramfs as .bak in /boot. First helps on power cut.
Second is a good conservative approach and demanded feature.
Thanks Thiemo Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for report. (closes: 387780)
.
* init: When debug is invoked with an additional arg, write output to
console. Thanks Christian Aichinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the idea.
Should ease remote debugging.
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* initramfs-tools.8: Document new debug=<whatever> feature.
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* initramfs-tools.preinstall: Check for right arg. (closes: 391619)
.
* update-initramfs: Try to guess harder if lilo might need to be run
if grub is also around. On old installs we get _zero_ information from
/etc/kernel.img. Parse mbr for lilo signature. (closes: 385949)
Thanks to Michael Prokop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for finetuning.
.
* scripts/init-top/framebuffer: Parse video bootarg and refactor script.
This add support for custom framebuffer modules. (closes: 386441)
Thanks for the patch by David Härdeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
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* update.conf: Allow to make "update-initramfs -u" an noop. Useful for
conservative settings of a remote server. (closes: 362064) urgency high.
Thanks Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the tough testing.
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* update-initramfs.conf.5: Document the new update_initramfs variable.
.
* update-initramfs: Kope with stupid mv of grub to /usr/sbin.
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* manpages: Get a banana and mark myself as author.
.
* update-initramfs: version_exists needs not only to check for existing
sha1sum, but also initramfs. (closes: 382472)
Files:
bcc61e24835820d1de48bb68c99271f4 623 utils optional initramfs-tools_0.83.dsc
06781f1d8deb5d657766fa8c10f052e8 52870 utils optional
initramfs-tools_0.83.tar.gz
e7c1e1d5ae12ef5deb7658466df06dc3 59416 utils optional
initramfs-tools_0.83_all.deb
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