Bug#310522: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-k7: fails to boot

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

On Mon, 23 May 2005, Craig Condit wrote:

> Package: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-k7
> Version: 2.6.11-3
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
>
> kernel-image-2.6.11-1-k7-2.6.11-5 fails to boot. I receive continuous
> messages as follows:
>
> initrd-tools: 0.1.80
> /sbin/init: 360 cannot open bin/root: No such file
> umount: bin: not mounted
> /sbin/init: 362 cannot create proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev: Directory
> non-existent
> cat: proc/cmdline: No such file or directory
> umount: proc: not mounted
> Kernel can not convert a name into device number.
> Check your 'root=' argument passed on boot by bootloader
>
> Downgrading to 2.6.11-3 fixes the problem.

This is caused by broken initrd-tools. Please install the 0.1.81 version, 
which is currently available in instable, then run

dpkg-reconfigure kernel-image-2.6.11-1-k7

to regenerate the initrd.

Best regards,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
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