Bug#310602: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc: boot failure (sid only?)

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 05:00:05PM +0200, Frederic LEHOBEY wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc
> Version: 2.6.8-16
> Severity: important
> 
> I found this kernel not to been able to boot properly (after an
> upgrade from the rc3 sarge kernel).
> 
> The boot process does not complete (breaks quite early) and keeps on
> cycling displaying the following messages (copied by hand):
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Kernel can not convert a name into a device number
> Check your 'root=' argument passed on boot by bootloader.
> 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-root-dev: Directory
> nonexistent
> cat: proc/cmdline: No such file or directory
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I believe this bug to be specific to sid but it has to be checked
> again (having upgraded -- from a fresh new install -- my only powerpc
> machine to sid, I cannot check it anymore for pure sarge).

Hi,

I believe that this is an problem with initrd and has been
fixed in the latest release.

-- 
Horms