Re: linux-modules-2.6.16-2-xen-686_2.6.16-15 depends on initramfs-tools
On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 11:02:57PM +1000, James Harper wrote:
> Package: linux-modules-2.6.16-2-xen-686
> Version: 2.6.16-15
> Severity: important
>
>
> linux-modules-2.6.16-2-xen-686 only contains modules for xen domains,
> and should not require any initrd or initramfs tools.
>
linux-modules-2.6.16-2-xen contains vital modules for booting the system
if you use linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen; after installing the previous two
packets I couldn't boot my system because I used an initrd file from
another kernel (2.6.17), so the folder /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-xen was
missing from the initrd file, and the boot process stopped because there was no available driver for my ide disk; after creating a new initrd file with "update-initramfs -k 2.6.16-2-xen-k7 -c", my system booted without problems into dom0. Maybe if you recompile the kernel, you don't need the drivers in /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-xen folder during the boot process, but if you use the kernel packet you do.
In any case, I think that a linux-modules postinst script creating the proper initrd file would be nice.Of course if that doesn't cause troubles I don't see...
Regards,
Andrea Brenci
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