Bug#433127: system unbootable after update to linux-image-2.6.21-2

["Matthieu André" <matth.andre@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I have the exact same bug on my system. I can't boot with the version .21 but I have no problem with the .18

However, before getting the error message written by Stefan Schöttke, I have that :

BEGIN: Waiting for root file system...
Done.

The system stays for a few minutes on the BEGIN line before the "Done." appears...and then after that, the message previously written by Stefan Schöttke appears.

I have tried putting a "10" in the /usr/share/initramfs-tools/init file after the "export ROOTDELAY=" line (making it : "export ROOTDELAY=10" without the "") and rebooting, but it didn't change anything on my system. Maybe I did something wrong though, I've never touched the initramfs/init configuration files before.

I do not use RAID, have no SATA support, I just have an ATA HDD and an IDE CD-writer on the same ATA cable.

Hope this helps (and gets corrected fast :D),

Matthieu