Bug#499231: updated initramfs-tools now kernel oops during boot sequence

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

severity 499231 normal
tags 499231 moreinfo
stop

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 02:38:04AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
> PowerPC (G4 Macintosh) running sid.
> Ran nightly dist-upgrade which updated initramfs-tools.
> Now the system crashes with a kernel oops.
> 
> I restored the old initrd.img...bak and it now boots OK.
> 
> curiously, after gunzip-ing and un-cpio-ing the two initrd.img files,
> the only difference is:
> 
> greybox:/tmp# diff -r initrd initrd.BAD/
> diff -r initrd/conf/initramfs.conf initrd.BAD/conf/initramfs.conf
> 7,8d6
> < # In particular, Debian installer may set MODULES in the file
> < # /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy.
> greybox:/tmp# 
> 
> /var/log/syslog.0 attached (contains the kernel Oops and surrounding stuff)

not attached and aboves change cannot lead to unbootable state,
try to reproduce.

thanks

-- 
maks