Bug#494922: initramfs-tools: fails to include the ext4 module into the initramfs.

["Wei Hu" <weihu@cs.virginia.edu>]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 4:19 AM, maximilian attems <max@stro.at> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Wei Hu wrote:
>
>> Package: initramfs-tools
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> I switched my root fs from ext3 to ext4. The initramfs built by
>> initramfs-tools doesn't include the ext4 module, making the system
>> unbootable. I removed the package and installed yaird, which correctly
>> identifies the dependency on ext4.
>
> have you tried
> a) adding ext4dev to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
>
> or
> b) setting in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> MODULES=dep
>
> ext4 is not stable for the lenny released kernel, aka 2.6.26,
> but 2.6.27 had a nice merge
>

Thank you for the response. I tried step b) and it did fix my problem.
I've thought about editing /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf, but
the man page seemed to suggest that most would include everything.

Thanks,
Wei