Bug#414868: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64: -4- modularisation breaks boot

[Kai Henningsen <kai-debian-bugs.caahadbebbccaa.S@cats.ms>]

Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
Severity: critical
File: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64
Justification: breaks the whole system

In -3-, sata_via was linked in. In -4-, it's a module. As a consequence,
the initrd.img could no longer mount root.

Fixed by

/etc/initramfs-tools/modules
sata_via
sd_mod

For reference,

/proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] 
md0 : active raid1 sdb2[0] sda2[1]
      154191744 blocks [2/2] [UU]
      
unused devices: <none>

At least a warning would have been appreciated. I was very lucky in that
our hoster offered me access via a console server; this would have been
pretty much impossible to remotely debug otherwise.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'old-proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64 depends on:
ii  coreutil 5.97-5.3                        The GNU core utilities
ii  debconf  1.5.11                          Debian configuration management sy
ii  e2fsprog 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2 ext2 file system utilities and lib
ii  initramf 0.85e                           tools for generating an initramfs
ii  module-i 3.3-pre4-2                      tools for managing Linux kernel mo

linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64 recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64: false
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-4-amd64: false
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-4-amd64:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-4-amd64: true