Bug#427514: linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64: System does not boot with 2.6.21-4
Subject: linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64: System does not boot with 2.6.21-4
Package: linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64
Version: 2.6.21-5~snapshot.8808
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
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Hi there,
since I have installed 2.6.21-4 from unstable I cannot boot my system
anymore.
First my configuration: an Asus A8N-E (nforce4) motherboard with two
SATA disks.
The disks are configured in a software RAID1 using mdadm:
/dev/md0 is my /
/dev/md1 is my swap
/dev/md2 is my /home
If I start the system with 2.6.20 it boots fine. Here's a picture of the
end of the initramfs and the start of the normal boot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90819597@N00/530049031/
The system reaches /sbin/init and it boots just fine.
Here is what happens with 2.6.21:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90819597@N00/530049047/
Something goes wrong in the initramfs, and despite /dev/md0 is started,
it can't be mounted.
At this point I have tried to toy around in the initramfs, read
the /scripts directory but couldn't understand how to make the system
move along. (btw, I could really use a pager in there... I hate vi :D)
It should be noted that I can start my other two RAID arrays without
problems!
Please ignore the fact that my 2.6.21 is now a snapshot from the Debian
Kernel Team (btw, I have tried also 2.6.22rc3 but the problem is still
there) as the problem arised with the upgrade from 2.6.21-3 and -4 from
unstable.
I don't recall any udev or initramfs-tools upgrade that could have
broken the system, especially since 2.6.20 works just fine. Additionally
the changelog between -3 and -4 is extremely short so no luck there.
Thanks for any help you might give me.
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64 depends on:
ii e2fsprog 1.39+1.40-WIP-2007.04.07+dfsg-2 ext2 file system utilities
and lib
ii initramf 0.88 tools for generating an
initramfs
ii module-i 3.3-pre11-1 tools for managing Linux
kernel mo
ii yaird [l 0.0.12-20 Yet Another mkInitRD
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64 recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.21-1-amd64:
true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.21-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.21-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.21-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.21-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.21-1-amd64:
true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.21-1-amd64:
true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.21-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.21-1-amd64:
true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.21-1-amd64:
true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.21-1-amd64:
true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.21-1-amd64: true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.21-1-amd64: false
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.21-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.21-1-amd64:
true
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/initrd-2.6.21-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
*
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.21-1-amd64:
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.21-1-amd64:
false
linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.21-1-amd64:
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