Bug#472698: initramfs-tools: more serious than important
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.91e
Followup-For: Bug #472698
Thanks to the previous poster I was able to recover a system that
wouldn't boot.
My method of recovery was to use the Etch installation CD in
"recovergui" mode, pick the correct root filesystem, chroot into it and
run aptitude to downgrade busybox to the version in testing, then run:
update-initramfs -k all -u
Without the previous poster's information I would not have been able to
recover the machine that failed to reboot.
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/hda5 ro noisapnp
-- /proc/filesystems
ext3
fuseblk
vfat
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 11400 1
ppdev 8452 0
lp 10828 0
apm 20860 2
microcode 10832 0
ipv6 251612 28
cifs 201192 2
nls_utf8 2080 5
nls_cp437 5792 3
vfat 12320 3
fat 46784 1 vfat
nls_base 7684 5 cifs,nls_utf8,nls_cp437,vfat,fat
fuse 44860 1
dm_snapshot 17636 0
dm_mirror 26436 0
dm_mod 57236 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
snd_emu10k1_synth 6848 0
snd_emux_synth 31104 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 7264 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 5888 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_emu10k1 123844 2 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_dummy 3748 0
snd_seq_oss 29500 0
snd_seq_midi 8032 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6976 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 46884 9 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_rawmidi 22944 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi
firmware_class 9472 2 microcode,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 91876 1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus 1920 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 38464 0
snd_mixer_oss 15520 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 68900 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_device 7660 8 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 22056 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10024 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4608 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 9124 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
parport_pc 25556 1
parport 34548 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
snd 50072 15 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
emu10k1_gp 3648 0
i2c_piix4 8204 0
soundcore 8008 1 snd
i2c_core 22932 1 i2c_piix4
gameport 14636 2 emu10k1_gp
shpchp 30004 0
pci_hotplug 28068 1 shpchp
intel_agp 24924 1
agpgart 32276 1 intel_agp
pcspkr 3072 0
rtc 13856 0
evdev 11648 1
ext3 120904 2
jbd 46964 1 ext3
mbcache 8452 1 ext3
raid1 23104 1
md_mod 75644 2 raid1
usbhid 40164 0
hid 35724 1 usbhid
ff_memless 5416 1 usbhid
ide_cd_mod 32740 1
cdrom 31900 1 ide_cd_mod
ide_disk 13792 10
ata_generic 7908 0
libata 143584 1 ata_generic
scsi_mod 140212 1 libata
ohci_hcd 21508 0
ehci_hcd 31980 0
8139cp 21440 0
uhci_hcd 22544 0
floppy 53172 0
piix 7048 0 [permanent]
8139too 25056 0
mii 5280 2 8139cp,8139too
usbcore 130672 5 usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ide_pci_generic 4196 0 [permanent]
ide_core 101240 4 ide_cd_mod,ide_disk,piix,ide_pci_generic
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Do not create symbolic links in /
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook = /usr/sbin/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 unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-rc6 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii cpio 2.9-12 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii findutils 4.4.0-1 utilities for finding files--find,
ii klibc-utils 1.5.8-1 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
Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii busybox 1:1.1.3-5 Tiny utilities for small and embed
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