Bug#266540: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686: unable to install kernel image because of failure with mkinitrd

[Igor Genibel <igenibel@debian.org>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686
Version: 2.6.8-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hi all,

here is the report:
root@tass:~ ->dpkg --configure -a
Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 (2.6.8-1) ...
Unknown DM device 254:0
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
 kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686

The package is uninstallable that's why I put this severity.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.73     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-pre5-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

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