Bug#383299: linux-image-2.6.17-2-686: 2.6.17-2 XFS error

[Fredrik Olofsson <fredrik.olofsson@axis.com>]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 11:57:58AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 10:23:45AM +0200, Fredrik Olofsson wrote:
> > Now I only have to find out "the Debian way" of getting a root shell
> > before / is remounted read-write so I can check that filesystem as
> > well...
> 
> boot into single user mode by either appending 1 or single
> on the boot line, kernel args are the same across distributions.

This does not work since all filesystems are mounted rw at the point
where "single" stops. I solved it by using the kernel arg "ydebug" which
yaird initramfs images looks for and halts just before switching to the
real / filesystem.

Again, thanks for the help
/Fredrik