Bug#478236: initramfs 0.92 makes slug unbootable (armel/lenny)
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Kevin Price wrote:
> Hi! When I update from 0.91e to 0.92, the newly created initrd makes my
> slug unbootable. While trying to boot, the initrd hangs waiting for root
> file system. Reinstalling the previous 0.91e with everything else
> unchanged and re-creating the initrd repairs the system.
is it reproducible?
if yes please put somewhere the good and the bad initramfs for review.
(missing an online place you send them to me privately per mail)
> Please let me know what I can do to help find this bug. I attached some
> useful information P.S. Thank you in advance for looking at this!
>
> Best regards
> Kevin Price
>
> In the unbootable state, The serial console says this:
ok cool so it will be debuggable
> [...]---snip
> Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ...
> Done.
> Begin: Waiting for root file system... ...
> scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access HDT72252 5DLA380 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
> sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
> ---snap
> ...and there it hangs. Up to here I can see no error. In a normal system
> boot, the following
> lines would follow immediately after:
> ---snip
> Done.
> Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ...
> Done.
> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ...
> Done.
> Done.
> Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ...
> Done.
> INIT: version 2.86 booting
> [...]---snap
>
> The system disk sda is an external 250GB hdd connected by USB2.
>
> Partitions:
> sda2 swap
> sda1 ext3 /
> sda3 ext3 /media/data
>
> -- Package-specific info:
> -- /proc/cmdline
> console=ttyS0,115200 rtc-x1205.probe=0,0x6f noirqdebug
>
> -- /proc/filesystems
> cramfs
> ext3
> fuseblk
>
> -- lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> ledtrig_heartbeat 3040 0
> nf_conntrack_ipv4 19272 1
> xt_state 2592 1
> nf_conntrack 70996 2 nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
> xt_multiport 3328 1
> iptable_filter 3008 1
> ip_tables 13800 1 iptable_filter
> x_tables 15556 3 xt_state,xt_multiport,ip_tables
> tun 12320 0
> sit 12328 0
> tunnel4 4072 1 sit
> ipv6 279880 27 sit
> fuse 50004 1
> evdev 11584 0
> ixp4xx_eth 16152 0
> ixp4xx_npe 8672 2 ixp4xx_eth
> firmware_class 10112 1 ixp4xx_npe
> ixp4xx_qmgr 6136 6 ixp4xx_eth
> ixp4xx_beeper 3552 0
> ext3 138056 2
> jbd 49748 1 ext3
> mbcache 9152 1 ext3
> sd_mod 26896 4
> usb_storage 84103 3
> scsi_mod 120276 2 sd_mod,usb_storage
> ohci_hcd 21348 0
> ehci_hcd 34316 0
> usbcore 139480 4 usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
>
> -- /etc/kernel-img.conf
> do_symlinks = yes
> relative_links = yes
> do_bootloader = no
> do_bootfloppy = no
> do_initrd = yes
> link_in_boot = yes
> postinst_hook = flash-kernel
>
> -- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> MODULES=most
> BUSYBOX=y
> KEYMAP=n
> BOOT=local
> DEVICE=eth0
> NFSROOT=auto
>
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