Bug#440229: initramfs-tools: multipath-tools installation makes kenrel unbootable
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.90a
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
I found that post install of multipath-tools if an initrd image is
updated, the kernel goes unbootable. On looking at the failure, it shows
that the root device was held busy when in initrd's /init it tries to
mount the device to /root
The workaround was to remove multipath-tools and regenerate the initrd
image. IIRC this bug was related to kpartx.
I had seen this issue on my laptop and with the workaround have been able
to avoid this bug.
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=UUID=5857aa08-5dc3-4b46-b286-76bb2e291468 ro selinux=0
-- /proc/filesystems
ext3
fuseblk
ext2
reiserfs
vfat
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
nf_conntrack_ipv4 19596 1
xt_state 4288 1
nf_conntrack 62280 2 nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
nfnetlink 7576 2 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack
iptable_filter 4800 1
ip_tables 14212 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16196 2 xt_state,ip_tables
michael_mic 4352 6
arc4 3840 6
ecb 5376 6
blkcipher 8068 1 ecb
cryptomgr 5312 0
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 12032 3
af_packet 24968 4
nls_iso8859_1 5952 1
nls_cp437 7616 1
vfat 13888 1
fat 50460 1 vfat
nls_base 9024 4 nls_iso8859_1,nls_cp437,vfat,fat
reiserfs 222272 2
ext2 63816 1
usb_storage 78528 5
appletalk 37344 2
ax25 53648 2
ipx 29732 2
p8023 3904 1 ipx
nvidia 7252212 26
binfmt_misc 12936 1
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 1
cpufreq_userspace 6464 0
cpufreq_powersave 3648 0
acpi_cpufreq 11080 1
freq_table 6464 2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
rfcomm 39832 6
l2cap 26048 5 rfcomm
capability 6728 0
commoncap 8832 1 capability
ppdev 10500 0
parport_pc 35940 0
lp 12836 0
parport 35848 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
button 9808 0
ac 7044 0
battery 11908 0
ipv6 265988 14
snd_atiixp_modem 17288 0
snd_via82xx_modem 16392 0
snd_intel8x0m 18508 0
snd_ac97_codec 94692 3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m
ac97_bus 4096 1 snd_ac97_codec
slamr 375236 0
ungrab_winmodem 4224 0
fuse 43732 5
dm_snapshot 18340 0
dm_mirror 22848 0
dm_mod 53952 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
kvm_intel 20556 0
kvm 59120 1 kvm_intel
sbp2 23944 0
loop 18756 0
snd_usb_audio 77056 1
snd_usb_lib 17216 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_seq_dummy 5572 0
snd_seq_oss 31232 0
joydev 11392 0
snd_seq_midi 10112 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8704 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_hda_intel 241112 2
snd_seq 48176 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 41216 0
snd_mixer_oss 17280 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 74116 7 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
ipw3945 195108 1
snd_timer 22916 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_rawmidi 24640 2 snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device 9548 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
ieee80211 33416 1 ipw3945
snd_hwdep 10628 1 snd_usb_audio
iTCO_wdt 12452 0
iTCO_vendor_support 5636 1 iTCO_wdt
pcspkr 4928 0
hci_usb 18076 6
usbhid 28640 0
i2c_i801 10512 0
psmouse 38416 0
sdhci 18508 0
rtc 14680 0
ieee80211_crypt 7616 2 ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211
bluetooth 53092 15 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb
uvcvideo 33544 0
hid 27072 1 usbhid
i2c_core 25408 2 nvidia,i2c_i801
snd 50948 21 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep
serio_raw 8516 0
snd_page_alloc 11464 5 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
soundcore 9376 1 snd
mmc_core 28036 1 sdhci
rng_core 6724 0
videodev 28480 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 14404 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_common 18432 2 uvcvideo,videodev
firmware_class 11328 1 ipw3945
intel_agp 25108 0
agpgart 33800 2 nvidia,intel_agp
evdev 11136 7
tsdev 9792 0
ext3 123080 2
jbd 57064 1 ext3
mbcache 10116 2 ext2,ext3
sg 34844 0
sr_mod 18468 0
cdrom 34720 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 28992 10
ata_piix 15236 3
ohci1394 34544 0
ieee1394 89528 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ata_generic 9412 0
libata 117680 2 ata_piix,ata_generic
scsi_mod 138572 6 usb_storage,sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ehci_hcd 33420 0
firewire_ohci 18304 0
firewire_core 40768 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 3968 1 firewire_core
generic 6660 0 [permanent]
ide_core 119300 2 usb_storage,generic
b44 27660 0
mii 7104 1 b44
uhci_hcd 24848 0
usbcore 127240 9 usb_storage,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,hci_usb,usbhid,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 15240 0
processor 33128 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 6660 0
unix 29840 779
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = update-grub
postrm_hook = update-grub
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (650, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (450, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-debian (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox 1:1.1.3-5 Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii cpio 2.9-3 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.5-4 small statically-linked utilities
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.114-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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