Excerpts from lee's message of 2011-06-25 20:06:48 +0200: > Philipp Überbacher <hollun...@lavabit.com> writes: > > > The system waits for the root file system for a while and then drops > > into a shell with the (initramfs) prompt. > > > > There's no /dev/sd* or /dev/disk for some reason. > > A few weeks ago I found that I was suddenly unable to boot a > self-compiled kernel after making a change to only one option which > wouldn't affect booting at all. The kernel couldn't find the root fs and > after some waiting put me into an emergency shell. Apparently the lvm > volumes the root fs resides on were unavailable for unknown reasons. > > Fortunately, kernels from Debian packages still boot. I haven't found a > solution other than to run stock kernels yet. The only thing I could > find out is that it eventually has something to do with the initramfs > not being built correctly by the update-initramfs tool.
Thanks lee, I think I saw a bug report regarding your problem. However, in my case no LVM is involved. Could it be that the initramfs is messed up for some reason? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1309027997-sup-7704@eris
