Philipp Überbacher <hollun...@lavabit.com> writes: > 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?
The initramfs image for a particular kernel comes in a Debian package with the kernel, doesn't it? If generating the images were to produce broken images, wouldn't there be quite a few people having similar problems? I really don't know ... What if you install a more recent kernel from a rescue system? -- 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/87iprtzlt0....@yun.yagibdah.de
