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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: initramfs-tools: power cut during update-initramfs leaves system unbootable
- From: Thiemo Nagel <thiemonagel@gmx.de>
- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:29:26 +0200
- Message-id: <20060916162926.5479.48052.reportbug@tosh>
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.79
Severity: important
A power cut during update-initramfs may leave the system in an unbootable state as the old initrd.img is
overwritten, but the new initrd.img is not yet completed. (This happened to me when my laptop battery ran empty.)
A simple fix would be to create the new initrd.img as a temporary file and move it to replace the old initrd.img
only after image creation has been finished. That way, the chance to have an unbootable system after a power cut
would be significantly lower, restricted to situations in which the old initrd.img doesn't work anymore.
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/hda3 ro
-- /proc/filesystems
cramfs
reiserfs
ntfs
vfat
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipv6 217760 10
xt_tcpudp 2976 3
xt_state 1888 1
ip_conntrack 48792 1 xt_state
nfnetlink 5944 1 ip_conntrack
iptable_filter 2752 1
ip_tables 11160 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 11332 3 xt_tcpudp,xt_state,ip_tables
nls_cp437 5600 1
vfat 11296 1
fat 46588 1 vfat
nls_iso8859_1 3936 2
ntfs 190380 1
dm_snapshot 15324 0
dm_mirror 17236 0
dm_mod 47892 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
battery 9252 1
ac 4612 0
i810_audio 31028 0
ac97_codec 17004 1 i810_audio
usbkbd 6368 0
orinoco_cs 16420 1
orinoco 34452 1 orinoco_cs
hermes 7136 2 orinoco_cs,orinoco
tsdev 7200 0
mousedev 10368 2
hw_random 5272 0
snd_intel8x0 29436 1
pcmcia 34844 1 orinoco_cs
firmware_class 9472 1 pcmcia
snd_intel8x0m 15372 1
snd_ac97_codec 82784 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m
snd_ac97_bus 2048 1 snd_ac97_codec
sd_mod 16208 0
snd_pcm_oss 43520 0
snd_mixer_oss 15584 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 74408 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
shpchp 39200 0
pci_hotplug 24180 1 shpchp
intel_agp 20860 1
agpgart 29232 1 intel_agp
pcspkr 2948 0
psmouse 34248 0
serio_raw 6436 0
snd_timer 20292 1 snd_pcm
snd 46080 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 8672 2 i810_audio,snd
snd_page_alloc 9800 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm
evdev 8736 0
rtc 11252 0
yenta_socket 23660 5
rsrc_nonstatic 11840 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 37264 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
parport_pc 31472 0
parport 31720 1 parport_pc
floppy 55628 0
reiserfs 216784 1
ide_cd 35328 0
cdrom 31888 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 14528 5
usb_storage 69312 0
scsi_mod 122220 2 sd_mod,usb_storage
e100 31044 0
mii 5056 1 e100
piix 8932 0 [permanent]
generic 4164 0 [permanent]
uhci_hcd 26640 0
ide_core 111440 5 ide_cd,ide_disk,usb_storage,piix,generic
usbcore 110560 4 usbkbd,usb_storage,uhci_hcd
thermal 12968 1
processor 21696 1 thermal
fan 4452 1
-- kernel-img.conf
# Do not create symbolic links in /
do_symlinks = Yes
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (800, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox-cvs-static 20040623-1 Standalone rescue shell with tons
ii cpio 2.6-17 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.4.27-1 small statically-linked utilities
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.093-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Source: initramfs-tools
Source-Version: 0.83
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
initramfs-tools, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
initramfs-tools_0.83.dsc
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.83.dsc
initramfs-tools_0.83.tar.gz
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.83.tar.gz
initramfs-tools_0.83_all.deb
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.83_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 387780@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> (supplier of updated initramfs-tools package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:38:27 +0200
Source: initramfs-tools
Binary: initramfs-tools
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.83
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>
Description:
initramfs-tools - tools for generating an initramfs
Closes: 362064 382472 385949 386441 387780 391619
Changes:
initramfs-tools (0.83) unstable; urgency=high
.
Release "Ois was du verzapfst is a koida Kaffee"
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* update-initramfs: Keep an initramfs backup while we are running. Do also
keep the booted initramfs as .bak in /boot. First helps on power cut.
Second is a good conservative approach and demanded feature.
Thanks Thiemo Nagel <thiemonagel@gmx.de> for report. (closes: 387780)
.
* init: When debug is invoked with an additional arg, write output to
console. Thanks Christian Aichinger <Greek0@gmx.net> for the idea.
Should ease remote debugging.
.
* initramfs-tools.8: Document new debug=<whatever> feature.
.
* initramfs-tools.preinstall: Check for right arg. (closes: 391619)
.
* update-initramfs: Try to guess harder if lilo might need to be run
if grub is also around. On old installs we get _zero_ information from
/etc/kernel.img. Parse mbr for lilo signature. (closes: 385949)
Thanks to Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> for finetuning.
.
* scripts/init-top/framebuffer: Parse video bootarg and refactor script.
This add support for custom framebuffer modules. (closes: 386441)
Thanks for the patch by David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>.
.
* update.conf: Allow to make "update-initramfs -u" an noop. Useful for
conservative settings of a remote server. (closes: 362064) urgency high.
Thanks Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> for the tough testing.
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* update-initramfs.conf.5: Document the new update_initramfs variable.
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* update-initramfs: Kope with stupid mv of grub to /usr/sbin.
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* manpages: Get a banana and mark myself as author.
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* update-initramfs: version_exists needs not only to check for existing
sha1sum, but also initramfs. (closes: 382472)
Files:
bcc61e24835820d1de48bb68c99271f4 623 utils optional initramfs-tools_0.83.dsc
06781f1d8deb5d657766fa8c10f052e8 52870 utils optional initramfs-tools_0.83.tar.gz
e7c1e1d5ae12ef5deb7658466df06dc3 59416 utils optional initramfs-tools_0.83_all.deb
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