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Bug#361741: Fail to mount root filesystem



Marco d'Itri wrote:
reassign 361741 initramfs-tools
thanks

Sorry, i don't know udev in details, but i don't understand why you have reassigned this bug to initramfs-tools.

The aptitude's log of that day is the following:
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Log complete.
Aptitude 0.4.1: log report
Sun, Apr  9 2006 12:16:41 +0200

IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.

Will install 53 packages, and remove 0 packages.
2213kB of disk space will be used
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[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libvolume-id0
[UPGRADE] exim4 4.60-5 -> 4.61-1
[UPGRADE] exim4-base 4.60-5+b1 -> 4.61-1
[UPGRADE] exim4-config 4.60-5 -> 4.61-1
[UPGRADE] exim4-daemon-light 4.60-5+b1 -> 4.61-1
[UPGRADE] findutils 4.2.27-1 -> 4.2.27-2
[UPGRADE] glibc-doc 2.3.6-4 -> 2.3.6-5
[UPGRADE] gnome-session 2.14.0-1 -> 2.14.0-2
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[UPGRADE] locales 2.3.6-4 -> 2.3.6-5
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[UPGRADE] sed 4.1.4-6 -> 4.1.4-7
[UPGRADE] sound-juicer 2.12.3-3 -> 2.12.3-4
[UPGRADE] sudo 1.6.8p12-2 -> 1.6.8p12-3
[UPGRADE] synaptic 0.57.8 -> 0.57.9
[UPGRADE] udev 0.088-2 -> 0.089-1
[UPGRADE] wireless-tools 27+28pre15-1 -> 27+28pre16-1
[UPGRADE] xbubble 0.5.11-1 -> 0.5.11.1-1
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[UPGRADE] xresprobe 0.4.22-1 -> 0.4.23debian1
[UPGRADE] zenity 2.12.1-2 -> 2.14.0-1
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As you can see initramfs-tool was not touched. There was an update of udev, libklibc and klibc-utils: to me these are the most suspicious packages. I have blamed udev because following the messages on the screen i have found a script under /scripts that is responsible to mount the root filesystem and since this fails with apparently no motivation (if i mount the root partition manually without doing anything else, it works) i suspected udev.

Please, can you explain a bit why you think that the problem stay in initramfs-tools?

For information, my system is unbootable yet. During the last update, the installation of the new kernel hasn't changed anything. What really surprise me is that no one apart me has reported a similar problem. My configuration is rather "standard", with no particular tweaking in the udev-initramfs area. The only thing related to the boot phase that i have customized, is probably /etc/modules:

speedstep-centrino
#acpi-cpufreq
cpufreq-userspace
cpufreq-conservative
cpufreq-powersave
cpufreq-ondemand
#ide-cd
#ide-detect
#ide-disk
#psmouse
#sonypi

I'm waiting for an update of some package that resolve the problem, since i have no idea where to put my hands. Until now i exec these command in the BusyBox shell on every boot:

mount -t ext3 /dev/hda2 /root
exit

And the system boot up (apparently) normally.

Regards.

Cesare.



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