Bug#372783: linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: initrd symlink management sucks
Package: linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8
Version: 2.6.16-14
Severity: grave
Hello,
today my machine failed to boot. What was the real reason? Something is
completely fscked up with initrd management. The chronics:
some weeks ago: install of linux-image-2.6.16-1-amd64
dist-upgrading
manual install of self-compiled linux-image-2.6.17-rc6 (without initrd)
reinstall of linux-image-2.6.16-1-amd64
deinstall of linux-image-2.6.17-rc6
today: install of linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64
reboot
Machine does not reboot. -1-amd64 is broken because initrd.img.old
points to the _new_ initrd for -2-amd64 and initrd.img symlink is missing.
So, how could this happen? I don't know. The only suspicious thing that
I remember is that grub-install seemed to be run twice, I don't know
why. But such problems must not appear, thus the severity.
Eduard.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-rc5
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 depends on:
ii e2fsprogs 1.39-1 ext2 file system utilities and lib
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.60 tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: false
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: false
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/initrd-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/abort-install-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8: true
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