Bug#353111: linux-image-2.6.15-1-sparc64-smp: 2.6.15 kernel can't find root disk /dev/sda1, won't boot
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 01:09:14AM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Blars Blarson wrote:
>
> > I installed unstable udev, added esp, sd_mod, and sr_mod to
> > /etc/mkinitramfs/modules, and tried to reboot.
>
> did you regenerate the initramfs before reboot?
> either with update-initramfs -t -u or with
> dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6-XXX
I did the update-initramfs -t -u
> > Same problem as before
> > on 2.6.15, esp module is not present in initramfs so root can't be
> > loaded. However, 2.6.12 no longer boots, (apparently not compatable
> > with new udev) so system is now boat anchor.
>
> no esp would mean that you are still booting in the old initramfs
> where esp was not specified to be loaded.
>
> initramfs-tools adds any modules that are listed /etc/mkinitramfs/modules
> and loads them really early on reboot.
Since the system isn't bootable it's hard to check the contents of
that file.
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