Bug#353111: linux-image-2.6.15-1-sparc64-smp: 2.6.15 kernel can't find root disk /dev/sda1, won't boot

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Blars Blarson wrote:

> I installed unstable udev, added esp, sd_mod, and sr_mod to
> /etc/mkinitramfs/modules, and tried to reboot. 

did you regenerate the initramfs before reboot?
either with update-initramfs -t -u or with 
dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6-XXX

> Same problem as before
> on 2.6.15, esp module is not present in initramfs so root can't be
> loaded.  However, 2.6.12 no longer boots, (apparently not compatable
> with new udev) so system is now boat anchor.

no esp would mean that you are still booting in the old initramfs
where esp was not specified to be loaded.

initramfs-tools adds any modules that are listed /etc/mkinitramfs/modules
and loads them really early on reboot.

-- 
maks