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Bug#421730: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.20-1-686: fails to boot from external usb HD - doesn't wait long enough for root device to show up)

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Package: linux-image-2.6.20-1-686
Version: 2.6.20-1
Severity: normal

I run Debian sid on an external hard drive, which I then move between
machines and boot off it whereever I am able. I've not been able to boot
it with the 2.6.20 images showed up in Debian sid, so I am still using
2.6.18-4. The problem seems to be that the system does not wait for the
root device (/dev/sda1) before attempting to launch init. So, it drops
me into an initramfs prompt whenever booting a 2.6.20 image. I'd rather
not have to use 2.6.18 since it won't receive any updates in Debian sid.

-- System Information:

Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.20-1-686 depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.87b      tools for generating an initramfs
ii  module-init-tools             3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  yaird [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.0.12-20  Yet Another mkInitRD

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.20-1-686 recommends:
pn  libc6-i686                    <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:

  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.20-1-686: false
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.20-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.20-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.20-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.20-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.20-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.20-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.20-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.20-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.20-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.20-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.20-1-686:
  shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.20-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.20-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.20-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.20-1-686:
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.20-1-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.20-1-686: false
  linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.20-1-686: true

-- 
bye,
pabs

http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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Version: 2.6.20-3

On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 08:04 +1000, Paul Wise wrote:

> If I'm able to boot properly for the rest of this week I'll close this
> bug.

I've been booting fine for a while, seems like a transitory bug or a bug
in another package or something that was fixed in 2.6.20-3.

-- 
bye,
pabs

http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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