Control: reassign -1 lvm2 Control: forcemerge 612402 -1 On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 11:28 +0000, Marc Ballarin wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.119 > Severity: grave > Justification: causes non-serious data loss
No it doesn't. > Dear Maintainer, > > * What led up to the situation? > Upgrading a system from Wheezy to Jessie. The system uses a split /usr > on LVM and uses LABEL in fstab to mount this. > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > fstab looks like this: > ... > LABEL=usr /usr xfs ... > ... > > blkid's output looks like this: > ... > /dev/mapper/vg00-usr: LABEL="usr" ... > ... > * What was the outcome of this action? > Initramfs loops in "Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done." > until it gives up and drops to the shell (or panics when panic=xx is given). > * What outcome did you expect instead? > Activate volume group, mount /usr, continue to boot. > > Possible workarounds beforehand: > - Changing fstab from "LABEL=usr /usr ..." to "/dev/mapper/vg00-usr /usr ..." > *before* rebooting works around this bug. > (Note that doing the reverse change - at any point after the installation - > would also trigger this bug. Basically, UUID or LABEL must not be used for > /usr when using Jessie with systemd) > > Possible workarounds afterwards: > - Running "vgchange -ay; exit" in the initramfs recovery shell allows the > boot to continue > - Using init=/lib/sysvinit/init also works (because then initramfs will not > attempts to mount /usr) > > Without those workarounds, which all require console access, the system will > be unable to boot after the upgrade. > > I originally added this to Bug #776409, but it looks like a different bug, > after all. Yes it is different. Use of UUIDs to identify logical volumes is not recommended, for the reasons explained in <https://bugs.debian.org/612402#85>. The same reasoning applies to labels. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Lowery's Law: If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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