Bug#322637: initrd-tools: Can't install linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 due to mkinitrd failure to find /dev/hde1
Package: initrd-tools
Version: 0.1.81.1
Severity: important
During my sid upgrade today, I found I was unable to install the new
linux kernel [linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 (2.6.12-2)]. It turns out the
postinst is failing like so:
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/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: device /dev/hde1 is not a block device
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
/dev/hde and /dev/hdf on my system are disks being used by lvm and thus
have no partitions, so /dev/hde1 does not exist.
I can recreate the error by running the command that the postinst runs:
burner@suppressingfire:~$ /usr/sbin/mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-1-k7.new /lib/modules/2.6.12-1-k7/
/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: device /dev/hde1 is not a block device
But I don't know how to resolve this.
For now, I'm pointing lilo at my previously installed kernel and hoping
if I have to reboot everything will be OK :-)
mike
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages initrd-tools depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii cpio 2.6-1 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii cramfsprogs 1.1-6 Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM F
ii dash 0.5.2-7 The Debian Almquist Shell
ii fileutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU file management utilities
ii util-linux 2.12p-5 Miscellaneous system utilities
initrd-tools recommends no packages.
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