Bug#315654: mkinitrd tries to use devfs in 2.6 series kernel
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Klaus Fuerstberger wrote:
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> found this bug Subject archived as #299103 when searching for devfs and mkinitrd.
> The Bug that was fixed was for the Raid Devices and not in general for replacing the devfs in mkinitrd.
indeed changelog never featured another statement:
- Fix boot when using raid root with non devfs kernels.
> With 2.6.11 I have no devfs in the Kernel and so mkinitrd from does not produce a working initrd for use with dm-crypt and a crypted Rootfilesystem under /dev/mapper/root.
initrd-tools have many assumptions that don't work with modern kernels.
initramfs-tools will be the remplacement.
it will be uploaded next weeks.
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maks
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