Re: Users of testing (lenny) - do not upgrade!

[trashpunk <kartoffelsuppe@gmail.com>]

On 29 Apr., 21:20, Martin Michlmayr <t...@cyrius.com> wrote:
> Kevin Price reported that the new initramfs-tools in testing (version
> 0.92) generates a ramdisk that does not boot correctly on the NSLU2 -
> it makes your system unbootable (see bug #478236).  Note that this
> bug only affects users of testing - users of Debian 4.0 are not
> affected.
>
> If you run Debian testing (lenny) rather than stable (etch) on your
> NSLU2, please do _not_ upgrade until a fixed package enters testing.
>
> If you have already upgraded but not rebooted yet, you should be able
> to flash the old, working image with:
>     cd /boot
>     mv initrd.img-2.6.24-1-ixp4xx initrd.img-2.6.24-1-ixp4xx~
>     mv initrd.img-2.6.24-1-ixp4xx initrd.img-2.6.24-1-ixp4xx.bak
>     flash-kernel
>
> If you have upgraded, rebooted and your NSLU2 now fails to boot, there
> are two recovery options:
>
> 1) If your root partition is on sda1 and you run arm (rather than
> armel), you can download the following image and flash it with upslug2:http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/files/sda1-2.6.24-1.bin
>
> 2) If the first option doesn't work for you, you can download the
> "etch" installer fromhttp://slug-firmware.net, flash it, start it,
> run it until the partitioning software starts, then go back, open a
> shell (last but one point in the menu) and issue the following
> commands:
>
> ~ # mkdir /x
> ~ # mount /dev/sda1 /x
> ~ # mount -t proc none /x/proc
> ~ # mount --bind /dev/ /x/dev
> ~ # chroot /x
> sh-3.1# cd /boot
> sh-3.1# mv initrd.img-2.6.24-1-ixp4xx initrd.img-2.6.24-1-ixp4xx~
> sh-3.1# mv initrd.img-2.6.24-1-ixp4xx initrd.img-2.6.24-1-ixp4xx.bak
> sh-3.1#
> sh-3.1# flash-kernel
> Flashing kernel: done.
> Flashing initramfs: done.
> sh-3.1#
> sh-3.1# exit
> ~ # umount /x/proc
> ~ # umount /x/dev
> ~ # umount /x
> ~ # reboot
>
> I hope this works for you.  If not, please let me know.
>
> Sorry for the inconveniences.
> --
> Martin Michlmayrhttp://www.cyrius.com/
>
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looks like it is fixed with the 0.92a release of initramfs-tools now
in the testing sources