Bug#402386: initramfs-tools: Still confused when initrd doesn't exist
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.85b
Severity: minor
I just tried
update-initramfs -k 2.6.18 -u
when I didn't have an initrd, and got the error:
/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18 has been altered. Cannot update.
It should instead tell me that the file was missing. Changing -u to -c
made it create the initrd as normal.
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/hda2 ro
-- /proc/filesystems
reiserfs
ext3
ext2
vfat
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
nfs 191948 0
lockd 53256 1 nfs
sunrpc 138108 2 nfs,lockd
nls_iso8859_1 4032 0
nls_cp437 5696 0
vfat 11904 0
fat 46236 1 vfat
rlocate 12260 0
i915 16064 2
vmnet 27244 13
parport_pc 31396 0
parport 35080 1 parport_pc
vmmon 165260 0
binfmt_misc 10824 1
speedstep_centrino 8656 0
freq_table 4932 1 speedstep_centrino
button 8656 0
ac 6596 0
battery 12612 0
af_packet 19720 2
fuse 35208 0
rtc 12596 0
asus_acpi 11028 0
pcmcia 25288 0
ipw2100 63856 0
snd_intel8x0m 15948 5
sg 28060 0
snd_intel8x0 30236 1
snd_ac97_codec 83104 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2176 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 36128 0
snd_mixer_oss 16128 2 snd_pcm_oss
ieee80211 29640 1 ipw2100
ieee80211_crypt 6144 1 ieee80211
pl2303 17860 0
usbserial 26208 1 pl2303
snd_pcm 75592 6 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 21444 1 snd_pcm
snd 48484 15 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
sr_mod 14372 0
cdrom 32544 1 sr_mod
evdev 8832 1
usblp 12352 0
firmware_class 9984 1 ipw2100
yenta_socket 23692 1
rsrc_nonstatic 10368 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36880 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
soundcore 9632 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 9416 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
psmouse 34696 0
usb_storage 32388 0
uhci_hcd 20424 0
ehci_hcd 28296 0
usbcore 111232 7 pl2303,usbserial,usblp,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
ohci1394 30512 0
ieee1394 85236 1 ohci1394
e100 31364 0
thermal 19592 0
processor 34816 2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
fan 5956 0
unix 25584 265
-- kernel-img.conf
# Do not create symbolic links in /
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = /sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook = /sbin/update-grub
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox 1:1.1.3-3 Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii cpio 2.6-17 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.4.30-1 small statically-linked utilities
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre3-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.103-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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