fjp> This is not an initramfs-tools problem, but the result of
fjp> powerpc daily d-i builds, for which Sven himself is
fjp> responsible, failing for the last
fjp> few days.
Just for the record, I tried d-i rc2 and it worked like a charm
(except for a constant set of error windows during detection from
'modprobe -v sbp2') so it certainly seems it is the broken daily
build.
Thanks,
Shyamal