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Bug#281172: marked as done (mkinitrd: fails with ROOT=probe)

Your message dated Mon, 05 May 2008 10:23:24 +0200
with message-id <1209975804.622201.28675.nullmailer@xanadu.blop.info>
and subject line initrd-tools has been removed from Debian, closing #281172
has caused the Debian Bug report #281172,
regarding mkinitrd: fails with ROOT=probe
to be marked as done.

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281172: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=281172
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: initrd-tools
Version: 0.1.74
Severity: important

I tried to install a kernel-image which failed with:
Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 (2.6.8-5) ...
/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: /dev/loop1: Unknown root device
                    Please refer to the manual page.
Failed to create initrd image.


So I began searching for the possible reason. It seems that
getroot() in mkinitrd does not work correctly, in part this part of it:

                script='
                        BEGIN { printf "set -- " }
                        /^#/ { next }
                        $2 == "/" { root = $1; type = $3; next }
                        $3 == "swap" { printf "'\''%s'\''", $1 }
                        END {
                                print ""
                                print "root=" root
                                print "fstabtype=" type
                        }
                '
                root=
                eval "$(awk "$script" /etc/fstab)"

###########gives:
#   set -- '''/dev/loop1'''
#   root=/dev/hda1
#   fstabtype=ext3





                if [ -z "$root" ]; then
                        echo "$PROG: Cannot determine root device" >&2
                        exit 1
                fi
                device=$root

                for i; do
                        [ -b "$i" ] || continue

##################### here getroot /dev/loop1 is called
                        getroot "$i"
                done


I've attached my fstab. Let me know if you need to know more.


PS I use an encrypted swap partition, i.e. /dev/loop1, which is used
with
/sbin/modprobe cryptoloop
/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=40 | /sbin/losetup -e twofish128 -p \
     0 /dev/loop1 /dev/hda2
 /sbin/mkswap /dev/loop1
swapon -a


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6-1-386
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages initrd-tools depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  cpio                          2.5-1.1    GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii  cramfsprogs                   1.1-6      Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM F
ii  dash                          0.5.1-3    The Debian Almquist Shell
ii  util-linux                    2.12-10    Miscellaneous system utilities

-- no debconf information

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0

#also have a look in /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh
/dev/loop1       none            swap    sw              0       0
#/dev/hda2       none            swap    sw              0       0

/dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1

# use /etc/init.d/crypto-jens now
#/dev/hda3       /home/jens      ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom    iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdc        /cdrom          iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Version: 0.1.84.2+rm

The initrd-tools package has been removed from Debian testing, unstable and
experimental, so I am now closing the bugs that were still opened
against it.

For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/393092 . That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed, and suggestions of possible replacements.

Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.

Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
-- 
Lucas

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