Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.83
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi,
update-initramfs exits with status 1 from function mbr_check() if the
boot record doesn't contain the string "LILO". Indeed grep returns
status 1 and the script runs with "set -e".
The small patch attached below solved the problem for me (using grub,
but lilo still installed and lilo.conf no longer current).
Thanks
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/hda10 ro vga=0x317
-- /proc/filesystems
ext3
ext2
cramfs
vfat
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipv6 212544 12
nls_iso8859_15 4608 5
nls_cp850 4864 5
vfat 11200 5
fat 44956 1 vfat
dm_snapshot 14268 0
dm_mirror 16784 0
dm_mod 47544 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
snd_sbawe 32512 0
snd_opl3_lib 9312 1 snd_sbawe
snd_sb16_dsp 8896 1 snd_sbawe
snd_sb16_csp 17504 1 snd_sbawe
snd_sb_common 15232 3 snd_sbawe,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_sb16_csp
snd_hwdep 8580 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_sb16_csp
snd_mpu401_uart 7232 1 snd_sbawe
snd_rawmidi 21728 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 7596 3 snd_sbawe,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm_oss 37760 0
snd_mixer_oss 14944 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 65608 3 snd_sbawe,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 19620 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_pcm
snd 45156 13
snd_sbawe,snd_opl3_lib,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_sb16_csp,snd_sb_common,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 8704 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9416 1 snd_pcm
mousedev 10304 1
tsdev 7296 0
evdev 8800 0
parport_pc 31268 0
parport 33928 1 parport_pc
rtc 11220 0
8250_pnp 8608 0
ns558 4608 0
gameport 13480 2 ns558
floppy 50500 0
psmouse 34312 0
serio_raw 6212 0
pcspkr 2560 0
ide_cd 34944 0
cdrom 32192 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 14272 12
piix 8964 0 [permanent]
8139too 23808 0
mii 5056 1 8139too
generic 4804 0 [permanent]
ide_core 105668 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,piix,generic
ohci_hcd 17316 0
ehci_hcd 26632 0
usbcore 109092 3 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
-- kernel-img.conf
# Do not create symbolic links in /
do_symlinks = Yes
postinst_hook = /sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook = /sbin/update-grub
do_bootloader = no
do_initrd = Yes
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (100, 'testing'), (10, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i486)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox 1:1.1.3-3 Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii cpio 2.6-17 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.4.27-1 small statically-linked utilities
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.100-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- update-initramfs-0.83 2006-10-13 09:37:34.000000000 +0200
+++ update-initramfs 2006-10-21 22:39:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@
boot=$(awk -F = '/^boot=/{ print $2}' /etc/lilo.conf)
[ -z "${boot}" ] && return 0
[ ! -r "${boot}" ] && return 0
- dd if="${boot}" bs=512 skip=0 count=1 2> /dev/null | grep -q LILO
- [ $? -eq 0 ] && run_lilo && return 0
+ dd if="${boot}" bs=512 skip=0 count=1 2> /dev/null | grep -q LILO &&
run_lilo && return 0
echo
echo "WARNING: grub and lilo installed."
echo "If you use grub as bootloader everything is fine."
