Bug#366620: initramfs-tools: 2.6.16-1-powerpc fails to mount rootfs, 2.6.15-1-powerpc works
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.60
Severity: important
This might be a bug in the kernel or udev or something else, but
failure to mount root fs smells like an initrd problem to me.
Bootloader: quik, with ramdisk_size 8192 (even tested 16384, with no luck)
Rootfs: ext2 on ide
Module for the harddisk:
lsmod says "ide_disk" on 2.6.15, but the
module is called ide-disk.ko and that module is present in booth the
working initrd.img (2.6.15-1-powerpc) and the non-working
(2.6.16-1-powerpc). ext2.ko also present in the initrd in booth
initrds.
Debuging is problematic on this box since I don't have a working
serial console, nor can I interact with the bootloader via the
keyboard, so If a kernel+initrd doesn't work, I have to boot from the
woody installation floppy-disks and rescue from a shell in the
installation program.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox 1:1.01-4 Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii cpio 2.6-11 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.3.11-1 small statically-linked utilities
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.091-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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