Bug#766920: produces unbootable initramfs with lilo hexadecimal syntax (root=803)

2015-01-18 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2015-01-18 at 18:09 +0100, Richard Lucassen wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:06:15 + > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > > > I'm unable to reproduce the numeric root in /etc/mtab. I tried using > > lilo with a non-UUID root, using the Debian packaged kernel and

Bug#766920: produces unbootable initramfs with lilo hexadecimal syntax (root=803)

2015-01-18 Thread Richard Lucassen
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:06:15 + Ben Hutchings wrote: [erratum] # ln -s /dev/sda5 /805 # ls -al /805 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 17 21:41 /805 -> /dev/sda5 -- ___ It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to spe

Bug#766920: produces unbootable initramfs with lilo hexadecimal syntax (root=803)

2015-01-18 Thread Richard Lucassen
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:06:15 + Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > I'm unable to reproduce the numeric root in /etc/mtab. I tried using > lilo with a non-UUID root, using the Debian packaged kernel and then > with a custom kernel with no initramfs. In both cases I see / mou

Bug#766920: produces unbootable initramfs with lilo hexadecimal syntax (root=803)

2015-01-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
Control: tag -1 moreinfo I'm unable to reproduce the numeric root in /etc/mtab. I tried using lilo with a non-UUID root, using the Debian packaged kernel and then with a custom kernel with no initramfs. In both cases I see / mounted from /dev/root and that device node does exist. I also tested