Bug#288010: PowerPC installed initrd misses files

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 02:59:18PM +0100, Joerg Dorchain wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 12:14:21PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > 
> > Well, this bug report is not all that complet, so correct me if i misinterpet.
> > 
> > This is a bug in the installed kernel, not in the d-i initrd itself, right ?
> 
> To be precise in that direction, it is a bug in the installed initrd,
> not the d-i initrd, yes.

So, it is not a d-i bug, but a bug in the kernel ...

> > As thus this is a (known ?) bug in initrd-tools, reassigning there.
> 
> Might be. You probably know better which package does what in the early
> booting stages. Sorry for the confusion.

... but as the powerpc kernel is an initrd kernel, the needed modules and
stuff need to be included in the initrd, which is the job of mkinitrd, which
is part of initrd-tools.

Friendly,

Sven Luther