Bug#341559: yaird: fails to create initrd

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

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 02:08:14PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 01:41:01PM +0100, Maximilian Attems wrote:
> > clone 341559 -1
> > reassign -1 initramfs-tools
> > stop
> > 
> > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 01:33:10PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 12:51:48PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> > > > just saw your bugreport could you try latest initramfs-tools 
> > > > from unstable too?  would be cool to get it tested,
> > > > and report probable boot error (or success)?
> > > 
> > > Exactly the same error:
> > > 
> > > # dpkg --configure -a
> > > Setting up linux-image-2.6.14-2-powerpc (2.6.14-4) ...
> > > Using /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
> > 
> > well you are still using yaird.
> 
> OK. I thought installing initramfs-tools would suffice, I didn't know
> that it was an alternativ to yaird, nor that it would not be used by
> default.
> 
> > please try temporarly adding to /etc/kernel-img.conf
> > ramdisk = /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs /usr/sbin/mkinitrd
> 
> OK.
> 
> Now it worked! the initrd was created and the boot successful.

Can you try the same thing also using MODULES=dep (or whatever that option is
called) in /etc/mkinitramfs/mkinitramfs.conf please ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther