Bug#431291: initramfs-tools: booting with root=UUID=... does not work with version 0.88

[Joerg Platte <jplatte@naasa.net>]

Am Sonntag, 1. Juli 2007 schrieb Michael Prokop:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
>
> Booting with 'root=UUID=...' fails, it just hangs at "Waiting for
> root file system..." and you can't boot your system anymore unless
> you fall back to root=/dev/... syntax.
>
> It's a problem of initramfs-tools 0.88.
> It works fine with 0.87b.
>
> regards,
> -mika-

This could be caused by #427643, because all the necessary files to get the 
UUID (and LABEL in my case) links are not copied into the initramfs.

regards,
Jörg

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