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Bug#332824: fixed udev -> fixed initramfs-tools?



On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 16:22 +0100, David Härdeman wrote: 
> Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote:
> > So, what do I need to edit to fix this?  Alternatively,
> > what command should I try to run after modprobing in
> > ide-disk and ide-generic?
> 
> The problem is that ide-disk and ide-generic are not loaded when dm-mod is
> loaded so when it performs its initial device scan it skips the ide discs.

Using the still-working 32-bit side of the system, I managed to find
what the difference is between having and not having ide-disk and
ide-generic in /etc/mkinitramfs/modules.  Modules in that list are added
to /conf/modules in the ramfs image.  So, that is what I did
to /conf/modules in the 64-bit initramfs image.

The boot still fails, but in a different manner.  The last few messages
includes a modprobe usage error followed by:
mount:
Cannot read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
Begin: Running /scripts/log-bottom ...
Done.
Done.
Begin Running /scripts/init-bottom
mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such file or
directory
(more failures to mount /sys and /proc)
Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init

(enters Busybox ash)

mount returns:
none on /sys
none on /proc
udev on /dev

/dev/mapper is empty except for control

/proc/modules includes
forcedeth
ehci_hcd
ohci_hcd
thermal
processor
fam
ide_cd
cdrom
dm_mod
sd_mod
ide_generic
ide_disk
sata_nv
libata
scsi_mod
amd74xx
ide_core

According to dmesg the IDE cdroms (hdc, hdd) and SATA hard drives (sda,
sdb) are all detected before dm_mod is loaded.  All of the relevant
partitions for the hard drives show up under /dev

> The easiest workaround until the bug is properly fixed is the one suggested by
> Maximilian (i.e. add the modules to /etc/initramfs/modules and regenerate the
> image). The devices should then be present when dm-mod is loaded which should
> generate the lvm nodes.

Except that I CANNOT DO THIS because the system is unbootable.

-Jonathan




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