Bug#271038: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-k7: kernel panic at boot time

[Aurelien Naldi <aurelien@resus.univ-mrs.fr>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-k7
Version: 2.6.8-2
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (400, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8.1
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-1-k7 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.74     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-pre5-6 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

-- no debconf information

the problem occurs at the beginning of the boot process, right after
mounting the initrd ant launching it's init, I got those messages:

SCSI: subsystem initialized
udf: registering file system
pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 426: cannot open dev/console: No such file
kernel panic: Attempted to kill init


a 2.6.8.1 made a while ago works just fine.

maybe it is an initrd bug ?