Bug#426712: linux-image-2.6.21-1-686

[Peter Wood <p2wood@uwaterloo.ca>]

Hi,

Thanks for your help. I replaced all instances of hdX by sdX in my grub 
config and in fstab and that fixed the problem.

I do want to point out that I am running the up-to-date 2.6.21 kernel 
contrary to what you were writing in your last e-mail.

I followed your instructions and reported on the output I got, thus 
trying to help find a potential problem. I am not quite sure why you 
think that your reply should be so rude. The fact that a kernel update 
involves renaming hd into sd will probably have escaped other people, too.

It is still weird that the initrd image created with yaird would not 
require the device names to be changed.

Thanks again for your help,

Peter

maximilian attems wrote:
> [ please keep the bug report on cc, this is _not_ private mail,
>   cool thanks ]
>
> On Tue, 05 Jun 2007, Peter Wood wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > recreating the initrd and booting with the bootdelay parameter set gets 
> > me into the rescue console after an error message that the 
> > rootfilesystme could not be found
>
> ok usually mkinitramfs gives you info on what to check,
> the rescue shell is there for purpose.
>
> did you check if you passed correct root bootarg
> a) cat /proc/cmdline
> checked if the device was there
> b) ls /dev/[hs]daX
> checked if the fs on it is recognised
> c) fstype  /dev/[hs]daX
> /lib/udev/vol_id -t /dev/[hs]daX
> checked if the correct kernel modules are loaded
> d) dmesg
> cat /proc/modules
>
> this bug report needs the info from above otherwise
> is unreproducible.
>
>  
> > Below is the /proc/modules output and /dev for the mkinitrd image and 
> > for the yaird image. I hope this helps.
>
> woow, again mkinitrd does not exist.
>  
> > All the best,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > /proc/modules (mkinitrd):
> > ide_generic [permanent]
> > sg
> > sr_mod
> > cdrom
> > sd_mod
> > generic
> > sis5513
> > ide_core
> > sis900
> > mii
> > ehci_hcd
> > ohci_hcd
> > usb_core
> > pata_sis
> ^^^^^^^^^^
>
> hmmm so it looks like your kernel is not up2date,
> this got disabled. please update to 2.6.21 from sid.
> the generated image should boot without trouble
> > ata_generic
> > libata
> > scsi_mod
> > thermal
> > processor
> > fan
>
> if you had followed the advice of the initramfs to check
> your devices and cmdline you'd had noticed that your root
> dev changed from /dev/hda to /dev/sda.
> in grub it is very easy to pass the corrected one.
>
> i'll close that bug report, as persistent root devices
> are not an initramfs or kernel trouble. search UUID
> for a fine way to boot across device renaming.
>
> regards

--
Peter Wood
Ph. D. Candidate
Germanic & Slavic Studies
University of Waterloo
Canada