Bug#316476: kernel-source-2.6.11: Fails to boot since 2.6.11-4

[Pascal Giard <evilynux@gmail.com>]

Hi Frederik,

i've just tried kernel-image-2.6.11-amd64-k8 with the exact same result...

> On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 02:10:04AM -0400, Pascal Giard wrote:
> > Since kernel-image-2.6.11-amd64-generic 2.6.11-4, the kernel-image won't
> > boot.
> >
> > The first error message says something like:
> > " Can't load shared object file libc.so.6 "
> > The second error message says it can't find sda1.
> 
> Do you have the initrd in place, and is it linked correctly in the
> bootloader?

i'm using grub and my /boot/grub/menu.lst shows that yes, it finds it:

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 Default
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0
initrd          /boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot

evilynux@LinOpen:/home/recover$ ls -l /boot/initrd.img*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      28 2005-06-30 19:39 /boot/initrd.img ->
initrd.img-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4694016 2005-06-29 23:42
/boot/initrd.img-2.6.11-9-amd64-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4730880 2005-06-30 19:39
/boot/initrd.img-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4182016 2005-06-19 03:53
/boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-11-amd64-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      33 2005-06-19 14:07 /boot/initrd.img.old
-> initrd.img-2.6.11-9-amd64-generic

> > My hypothesis is that the necessary modules for my onboard SATA
> > controller are no longer included in the initrd image.
> >
> > I HAVEN'T modified /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf.
> >
> > I've a pretty common Asus K8V-X motherboard which SATA ctrler
> > requires at least scsi_mod, sata_via and libata to work.
> 
> what do you have listed in your /etc/mkinitrd/modules?

it's empty... (well there are commented-out lines).
so i should use that file to specify my needed modules since mkinitrd
can't auto-detect them anymore?

> > Booting with the current kernel-image-2.6.8-amd64-generic image works fine.
> > I'm happy i kept my very old image before upgrading 2.6.11!!
> 
> the amd64-generic kernel is intended for the installer, you should
> run install 2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 instead, but this is another issue.

thanks for your help,

-Pascal
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