Bug#358153: There is a race in initramfs-tools
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.53c
Followup-For: Bug #358153
By the time /scripts/local-top/md runs, there are no scsi devices created (at least in
my machine with Adaptech cards).
The problem is related to udev, lasting many seconds to create /dev/sd*.
I solved the problem with a script called await which expects /dev/sda to appear in
/dev, and then waits about 5 seconds more. I installed the script in:
/etc/mkinitramfs/scripts/local-top/await
and regenerate the initrd.
The problem with my script is that, it is not a generic solution, machines without
/dev/sda will hang forever. A general solution to sincronize scripts with udev
should be search.
The script is trivial, but If you need it I will be glad to give it.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox 1:1.01-4 Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii cpio 2.6-10 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.2.4-1 small statically-linked utilities
ii udev 0.085-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
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