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Bug#322637: marked as done (initrd-tools: Can't install linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 due to mkinitrd failure to find /dev/hde1)

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: initrd-tools
Version: 0.1.81.1
Severity: important

During my sid upgrade today, I found I was unable to install the new 
linux kernel [linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 (2.6.12-2)]. It turns out the 
postinst is failing like so:

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/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: device /dev/hde1 is not a block device
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

/dev/hde and /dev/hdf on my system are disks being used by lvm and thus 
have no partitions, so /dev/hde1 does not exist.

I can recreate the error by running the command that the postinst runs:

burner@suppressingfire:~$ /usr/sbin/mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-1-k7.new /lib/modules/2.6.12-1-k7/
/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: device /dev/hde1 is not a block device


But I don't know how to resolve this.

For now, I'm pointing lilo at my previously installed kernel and hoping 
if I have to reboot everything will be OK :-)

mike

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages initrd-tools depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  cpio                          2.6-1      GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii  cramfsprogs                   1.1-6      Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM F
ii  dash                          0.5.2-7    The Debian Almquist Shell
ii  fileutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU file management utilities 
ii  util-linux                    2.12p-5    Miscellaneous system utilities

initrd-tools recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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--- Begin Message --- 
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Michael R Head wrote:
> for some reason, /dev/hde1 was in my /etc/fstab, so I take it that's why 
> mkinitrd was looking for it. I changed /dev/hde1 back to /dev/hda1 (as 
> it should have been) and mkinitrd works again, so I guess this bug is 
> closable.
> 
> mike

doing as requested.

regards

-- 
maks

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