Bug#366620: initramfs-tools: 2.6.16-1-powerpc fails to mount rootfs, 2.6.15-1-powerpc works

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

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On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:54:24PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> 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. 

you didn't tell the error message?


what mkvmlinuz version are you using?

what ppc box is that?
cat /proc/cpuinfo
 
 
regards

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maks