Bug#440229: initramfs-tools: multipath-tools installation makes kenrel unbootable

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

severity 440229 normal
reassign 440229 multipath-tools-initramfs  
stop

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:

> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.90a
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

first of all this severity is highly overrated!
 
> 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.

second initramfs-tools does _not_ shipp kpartx.
third the hooks to add kpartx are in multipath-tools-initramfs
thus reassigning.
fourth you didn't paste the actual error message.


thanks for your feedback,
pls keep me on cc as i'm not related to multipath-tools-initramfs
 
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maks